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Le Roy Williams

Torpedoman Third Class Navy World War II

Navy
Navy
Branch of Service
Navy
Rank
Torpedoman Third Class
Unit
Lion 4 Advanced Base Unit
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
1943 – 1947
Date of Birth
05/13/1924
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, OH
Awards & Decorations
Good Conduct Medal; American Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal
Burial Location
Paris Twp: Oakdale
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
Admiralties Islands, South PacificCampaign
Reserve Service
1968 – 1972
Township (entering service)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Township (current / at death)
Paris
Church
United Brethren Church
School
Dayton Roosevelt
Record Authenticated
No

Decorations

Good Conduct Medal
Good Conduct Medal

Biography

Overseas service: Admiralties Islands, South PacificCampaign. Church: United Brethren Church. School: Dayton Roosevelt. I was in the South Pacific for 26 months - Admiralties Islands (ARBA); serial #855-18-72; entered into active service on 01/28/1943; Admiralty Islands Campaign (Operation Brewer); Honorable Discharge on 02/18/1946 from Great Lakes, Illinois

Source: Veteran form submitted by LeRoy Williams; Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 15, p. 521 and 522