World War II Honoree

Edwin John Piotroski

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Trenton, New Jersey

Honored By

Deborah A. Peterson

Relationship

Daughter

DATE OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE SERVICE: 11/16/1942, HIGHEST RANK OR RATING HELD: COXSWAIN. SERVED AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA; USS LEEDSTOWN APA-56, RECEIVING STATION SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA; RECEIVING STATION NAVY YARD PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; RECEIVING STATION SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE CORONADO, CALIFORNIA; PERSONNEL SERVICE CENTER LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK. ENTITLED TO GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH 4 STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 2 STARS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK AND FROM THE NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY 1946.