World War II Honoree

Vernon Dewey Pelletier

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

LaGrange, North Carolina

Honored By

Larry E. Pelletier

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED IN U.S. NAVAL RESERVE IN 1943. ENTERED BOOT CAMP AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND. FOLLOWING BOOT CAMP, ATTENDED TORPEDO SCHOOL AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND AND WAS THEN ASSIGNED FOR DUTY ON BOARD THE USS EDSALL DE-129, FLAGSHIP OF ESCORT DIVISION 59, SERVING AS A SEAMAN 1ST CLASS. SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC FLEETS AND QUALIFIED FOR THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGN MEDALS: AMERICAN THEATRE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE, AND WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL. MADE SEVEN ROUND TRIPS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC ESCORTING CONVOYS OF TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO TARANTO, ITALY; PLYMOUTH AND LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND; AND GREENOCK, SCOTLAND. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN APRIL 1946 AT SHELTON, VIRGINIA.