World War II Honoree

Estill M. Petty

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON 15 JUNE 1942 AT THE NAVAL RECRUITING STATION IN SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. TRAINED AS A SEABEE AT THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. FIRST ASSIGNED TO THE 29TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, WHICH FIRST OPERATED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND LATER IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS THE 29TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SPECIAL) WITH THE 5TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE. ALSO SERVED WITH THE 56TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION IN THE PACIFIC. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS A CHIEF SHIP FITTER ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.