World War II Honoree

Robert Nelson Wilcox

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Gales Ferry, Connecticut

Honored By

The Wilcox Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, RECEIVING STATION NAVY YARD PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USS RINGGOLD DD-500, USS WYOMING BB-32, USS NEW YORK BB-34, NAVAL TRAINING STATION NAVAL OPERATING BASE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, SUBMARINE CHASER TRAINING CENTER MIAMI, FLORIDA, RECEIVING STATION NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USS PC-493, NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, RECEIVING STATION TRINIDAD, BRITISH WEST INDIES, RECEIVING STATION NAVY YARD WASHINGTON, D.C., ENGINE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SCHOOL MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL CLEVELAND, OHIO, NAVY LANDING FORCE EQUIPMENT DEPOT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, NAVY LANDING FORCE EQUIPMENT DEPOT ALBANY, NEW YORK, NAVAL BASE NAVY 3245 TRUK LAGOON, CAROLINE ISLAND, USS PCE(R)-852 AND RECEIVING STATION TREASURE ISLAND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.