World War II Honoree

Charles E. Coward

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Honored By

Audrey Coward

Relationship

Wife

STATIONED ON MIDWAY ISLAND WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS BOMBED. INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE FOR MIDWAY IN 1942. TRANSFERRED TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND SERVED ON RUSSELL ISLAND, FLORIDA ISLAND AND ENIWETOK ISLAND. LATER RETURNED TO THE CONTINENTAL U.S. AND STATIONED IN CAMP LEJEUNE; HASTINGS, NEBRASKA AND CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL, AMONG OTHERS.