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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Alvin Lowell Garsnett, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Indianapolis, Indiana

Honored By

Norman A. Garsnett

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

JOINED THE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1942. AFTER BASIC AT GREAT LAKES AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT MADISON, WISCONSIN. WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS INDIANAPOLIS. HE WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE USS VINCENNES AND THEN TO THE USS VICKSBURG. HE WAS AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND NAVAL STATION. HE WAS SENT TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WHERE HE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE USS MIAMI ON OCTOBER 5, 1945. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL AND THE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN RIBBON.