World War II Honoree

William Richard Barker

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Bakersfield, California

Honored By

Robert Barker

Relationship

Son

CREWED ON THE USCGC ROGER B. TANEY. SERVED ON THE TANEY IN THE PACIFIC EARLY IN THE WAR AND ON CONVOY DUTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. LATER, HIS SHIP WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE PACIFIC WHERE IT PARTICIPATED IN THE OKINAWA INVASION. HE SERVED CONTINUOUSLY ON HIS SHIP FROM JUST AFTER HIS TRAINING THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR.