World War II Honoree

Thomas Jefferson Wilson, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Vandergrift, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Randy David Wilson

Relationship

Son

SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE ABOARD THE LANDING SHIP TANK (LST) 542 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY D-DAY INVASION AT JUNO AND SWORD BEACHES. ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. AWARDED THE FRENCH LIBERATION MEDAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE NORMANDY INVASION. PARTICIPATED IN ACTION IN THE AZORES AS WELL AS MAKING A LEND-LEASE CRUISE TO MURMANSK, RUSSIA.