World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Laurence Payne
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Gales Ferry, Connecticut
Honored By
The Payne Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAMPSON, NEW YORK, MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT REPAIR TRAINING UNIT PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND, RECEIVING STATION BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, NAVAL ADVANCE BASE PERSONNEL DEPOT SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA AND COMMANDER MOTOR TORPEDO SQUADRONS PHILIPPINE SEA FRONTIER E-11 28. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.