World War II Honoree

Herbert Elmer Gremel

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brighton, Colorado

Honored By

Children of Herbert E. Gremel

SERVED ON USS IRWIN. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1944. CITED FOR MERITORIOUS PERFORMANCE OF DUTY DURING FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE OPERATIONS INCIDENT TO BOMBING AND SINKING OF USS PRINCETON DURING ENEMY ACTION IN THE BATTLE OF SAMAR. IN JUNE 1944 PARTICIPATED THE BOMBARDMENT AND OCCUPATION OF SAIPAN ISLAND OF THE MARIANA ISLAND GROUP.