World War II Honoree

Floyd Hilton

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bethune, South Carolina

Honored By

Jacqueline Hilton Hagwood

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED ON MARCH 16, 1944 AND DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 28, 1945 FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC ON THE USS WILKES-BARRE CL-103. LEFT FROM PHILADELPHIA, TO TRINIDAD, SAN JUAN, NORFOLK, PANAMA, SAN DIEGO, PEARL HARBOR, MARSHALL ISLANDS, CAROLINA ISLANDS, FORMOSA, LUZON, SOUTH CHINA SEA, HONG KONG, TOKYO, IWO JIMA, MINAMI DAITO JIMA, KYUSHU, RYUKYUS AND LATER OKINAWA. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN AREA RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 5 BATTLE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.