World War II Honoree

Thomas C. Walton

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Ringgold, Georgia

Honored By

Edwin G. Anderson, Sr.

Relationship

Shipmate

ENTERED SERVICE JANUARY 2, 1943 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. FROM BOOT CAMP TO TERMINAL ISLAND AND ASSIGNED TO THE USS NECHES AO-47 FLEET TANKER. SERVED ON THE NECHES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OPERATIONS AND WAS AWARDED 6 BRONZE STARS ALONG WITH THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE STAR. PROMOTED WHILE ABOARD THE NECHES TO SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. WAS DISCHARGED IN JANUARY 1946 UPON THE RETURN OF THE NECHES TO THE UNITED STATES.