World War II Honoree

Elmer John Evans

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

West New York, New Jersey

Honored By

Mildred Frances Sheffield Evans

Relationship

Wife

INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY IN NOVEMBER 1942 IN JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. ASSIGNED DUTY AS CREWMAN ABOARD VARIOUS AIRCRAFT, PRINCIPALLY THE PV VENTURA, PVB BOMBING SQUADRON 130. ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION IN FLORIDA; NAVAL AIR STATION AERIAL GUNNERY IN LAKE CITY, FLORIDA AND NAVAL AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HOSPITAL STAY AT THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, 5 AIR MEDALS, COMBAT AIR CREWMAN WINGS WITH BRONZE STARS.