World War II Honoree

Eldon Daniel Waite

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Hersey, Michigan

Honored By

Susan L. Smith

Relationship

Daughter

HE WAS STATIONED AT CAMP LEJEUNE,PARRIS ISLAND ON JANUARY 31,1945; NUMBER 985967. HE ATTENDED SEA SCHOOL WITH PLATOON 1 AT MARINE BASE IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA, MAY 24,1945. HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS BAXTER TO PEARL HARBOR THEN TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS ON JULY 9,1945. HE SERVED AS A 20 MM GUNNER AND CLERK ABOARD THE USS YORKTOWN CV-10, JULY 1945. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE YORKTOWN MARINES IN JAPAN. FROM THERE HE WENT ABOARD THE USS BENNINGTON. THEN PEARL HARBOR, SAN FRANCISCO, PANAMA CANAL, THEN TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. HE WAS DISCHARGED AUGUST 11,1947.