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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Eric Joel Watz

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honored By

Natalie Lu Watz

Relationship

Wife

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AFTER BOOT TRAINING IN GREAT LAKES, WENT TO GUNNERY SCHOOL TO READY HIM FOR THE PHILIPPINES AND NEW HEBRIDES. MOST OF HIS TIME WAS SPENT IN THOSE TWO AREAS. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, A COMMENDATION, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 1943 TO FEBRUARY 1946. AFTER DISCHARGE, HE SIGNED UP FOR THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE. HE WAS IN THERE FROM MAY OF 1947 TO MAY OF 1948. HE WAS A STAFF SERGEANT.