World War II Honoree

James Lowell Plumley

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Chesapeake, Ohio

Honored By

Ruth Keeney

Relationship

Daughter

BECAME 100% DISABLED WHILE SERVING ON A MINESWEEPER AT NAVY SECTION BASE OCRACOKE, NORTH CAROLINA. SERVED JANUARY 25, 1943 TO FEBRUARY 20, 1946. U.S. NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA; U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND; INSHORE PATROL NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; SECTION BASE OCRACOKE, NORTH CAROLINA; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, CAMP BRADFORD, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. SERVED ON USS LST 1145, ADVANCED BASE AVIATION TRAINING UNIT, NAVAL TRAINING CENTER LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK; U.S. NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE, LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA. USS GORDIUS ARL-36; U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, ST. ALBANS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.