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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Howard Wesley Gordon

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Webster City, Iowa

Honored By

Marcelyn Gordon

Relationship

Wife

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ACTIVE SERVICE MAY 30, 1944 TO MAY 7, 1946. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER ON THE DESTROYER MINESWEEPER USS HOBSON AS A 40MM MACHINE GUNNER. SHIP WAS HIT BY A KAMIKAZE ON APRIL 16, 1945 NEAR OKINAWA.