World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ray Herbert Harkless
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Masury, Ohio
Honored By
Daughter
SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN AVIATION MECHANICS IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSE, AFTER BEING CHOSEN AS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT AT GREAT LAKES IN CHICAGO. (THOSE IN HIS UNIT WHO WERE SHIPPED OUT WERE ALL KILLED AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN.) ASSIGNED TO THE SS KEARSARGE WHICH WAS BEING BUILT AND COMMISSIONED. JUST SHIPPED OUT ON THAT SHIP WHEN THE WAR ENDED.