World War II Honoree

Levi Lawson Myers

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Taylor Myers

Relationship

Granddaughter

SERVED IN THE NAVY FROM NOVEMBER 18, 1943 - APRIL 23, 1946. HE WAS A PHARMACIST'S MATE 3RD CLASS. ATTENDED NAVY TRAINING SCHOOL (HOSPITAL TRAINING CORPS) AT U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. HE THEN CHECKED ABOARD THE USS AUDRAIN APA-59. THEY SET SAIL IN SEPTEMBER 1944. THE SHIP TRANSPORTED SUPPLIES AND TROOPS TO LEYTE, LUZON, OKINAWA AND PERFORMED OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF JAPAN. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATIONAL MEDAL WITH A JAPAN BAR AND THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION RIBBON. THE USS AUDRAIN APA-59 IS REMEMBERED ON JUNE 16 BY AUDRAIN COUNTY, MISSOURI.