World War II Honoree

David Gaylon Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Louisville, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON OCTOBER 22, 1943 AT NAVAL RECRUITING STATION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. AFTER BASIC AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO, ATTENDED HOSPITAL CORPS SCHOOL, NAVAL HOSPITAL, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED OR STATIONED CONSECUTIVELY AT NAVAL HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON; NAVAL ADVANCE BASE PERSONNEL DEPOT, SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA; FLIGHT HOSPITAL 114 FLIGHT POST OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; AND NAVAL HOSPITAL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PHARMACIST’S MATE SECOND CLASS ON MAY 16, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.