World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Garrett Gaston Whitley
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Albemarle, North Carolina
Honored By
Garrett Gaston Whitley
ENTERED SEPTEMBER 16TH 1944 SERVED ABOARD THE USS DE GRASSE AK-223 AND THE USS BOLLINGER APA-232 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. DISCHARGED JULY 1946. AWARDED THE BATTLE STAR FOR THE INVASION OF OKINAWA, THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.