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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Vincent Gallardo Banales

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Hanford, California

Honored By

The Banales Family

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED FROM APRIL 7, 1944 TO JANUARY 30,1946. ASSIGNED TO AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SAGINAW BAY CVE-82. PART OF TASK FORCE IN THE AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS AT PELEIU, ANGUAR, LINGAYEN GULF, IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. TOOK PART IN THE BEGINNING LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WITH LANDING AT LEYTE AND GUARDING THE SOUTHEAST ENTRANCE TO LEYTE GULF. RECEIVED AMERICAN PACIFIC THEATER OF WAR RIBBON, ASIATIC- PACIFIC AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBONS WITH ONE STAR FOR ENEMY AIR ATTACK.