World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Elliott Gast
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
Dorothy Roller
Relationship
Daughter
HE SERVED ON THE BATTLESHIP USS NEW MEXICO AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNER. HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC AT OKINAWA WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED DURING A KAMIKAZE ATTACK. ON MAY 14, 1945, HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS INJURIES. HE ALSO SERVED IN CHINA AFTER THE WAR ENDED.