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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John W. Dowdle, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Columbia, South Carolina

Honored By

Frances Abott Lyon

Relationship

Sister

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WAS APPOINTED TO THE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY AT KINGS POINT, NEW YORK IN JULY 1944 AND GRADUATED DECEMBER 1946. SERVED ON THE SS ORIENTAL CARGO SHIP AND THE SS FORT ROBINSON TANKER SHIP.