World War II Honoree

Floyd Austin Clem

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Front Royal, Virginia

Honored By

Carolyn M. Majors

Relationship

Niece

SERVED ON THE USS KNOX APA-46 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF SAIPAN, TINIAN, LEYTE, LUZON AND IWO JIMA. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR METAL FOR HEROIC SERVICE AS COXSWAIN OF A LANDING CRAFT DURING AN OPERATION AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN LINGAYEN GULF, JANUARY 1945. HE EARNED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION WITH 2 BRONZE STARS AND THE BRONZE STAR METAL.