World War II Honoree

Janet Muriel Wiggins

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Interlaken, New York

Honored By

Michael Lewis Tunison

Relationship

Nephew

SHE SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 10, 1944 TO JANUARY 12, 1946. SHE TRAINED AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL, BRONX, NEW YORK, AND SERVED AT THE NAVAL PROVING GROUND, DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA. SHE COMPUTED VARIOUS AVERAGES, MEASURES OF DISPERSION, AND OTHER MATHEMATICAL BALLISTICS MEASURES RESULTING FROM FIRING DATA OBTAINED IN THE TESTING OR PROVING OF ORDNANCE EQUIPMENT. SHE ALSO OPERATED AND CARED FOR KEY PUNCHING AND KEY VERIFYING EQUIPMENT TO RECORD STATISTICAL DATA ON TABULATING CARDS. SHE INTERPRETED DATA INCIDENT TO INITIAL PREPARATION OF CARDS. SHE RATED AS A SPECIALIST X 2ND CLASS AT THE TIME OF HER DISCHARGE.