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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Charles Sharp Wilcox, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norfolk, Virginia

Honored By

McVMI-1943

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Activity During WWII

GRADUATED FROM THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE IN THE CLASS OF 1943. ATTENDED MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN IN THE U.S. NAVY. AFTER ATTENDING SCHOOLS AT NAVAL AIR STATION, ST. SIMON'S ISLAND, GEORGIA AND NAVAL AIR STATION, BARBERS POINT, OAHU, HAWAII. ASSIGNED TO THE USS BOXER CV-21, WITH SERVICE IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN AND CHINA. LEFT THE NAVY AS A LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE IN 1946.