World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William Redford Costen
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New Haven, Connecticut
Honored By
The Costen Family
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION ABOARD USS TUSCALOOSA CA-37 AND USS CHARLES R. GREER DE-23 IN NORTH AFRICA, CONVOY DUTY, TUNISIA, NORMANDY, SOUTHERN FRANCE AND ESCORT DUTY IN THE PACIFIC. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.