World War II Honoree

Calvin Doud Wakefield

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lowville, New York

Honored By

CDR Stan Wakefield

Relationship

Nephew

BOATSWAIN'S MATE 2ND CLASS. FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS IN LATE 1942, WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE SERVED BOTH ASHORE AND AT SEA, TO INCLUDE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, FLOTILLA BASE U.S. NAVAL BASE BALBOA PANAMA CANAL ZONE, USS PALAWAN AND USS MARBLEHEAD. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY IN OCTOBER 1945.