World War II Honoree

Louis Edward Price

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Middleport, Ohio

Honored By

Dolores C. Price

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED IN 1944. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AS AN ELECTRICIAN'S MATE THIRD CLASS. SERVED THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF THE USS WASP CV-18. FOUGHT AT THE WAKE AND MARCUS ISLANDS CAMPAIGNS, MARIANA ISLANDS, BONINS, PALAU, PHILIPPINES, YAP, RYUKYUS, FORMOSA, LUZON, CHINA SEA AND THE ISLANDS OFF OF JAPAN. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART WITH 2 ACCOMMODATIONS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATRE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE MEDAL WITH 6 STARS, EUROPEAN THEATRE MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 2 STARS.