World War II Honoree

Ralph Herbert Berry

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Gary Confoey

Relationship

Friend

CHIEF ELECTRICIAN'S MATE ABOARD LIGHT CRUISER USS JUNEAU CL-52 IN ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. WAS IN THE NAVAL BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL. HONOREE LOST HIS LIFE WHEN, ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1942 USS JUNEAU WAS SUNK BY JAPANESE TORPEDOES AT NIGHT. OF 699 ON BOARD ONLY 10 SURVIVED. THIS WAS THE SAME SHIP ON WHICH THE 5 SULLIVAN BROTHERS WERE KILLED. HONOREE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND IS MEMORIALIZED AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY AT FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, PHILIPPINES.