World War II Honoree

William Joseph Pechka

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Canterbury, Connecticut

Honored By

The Pechka Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA; RECEIVING STATION NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, NAVAL SECURITY BASE CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; NAVAL FRONTIER BASE BURWOOD, LOUISIANA, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING COMMAND NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; RECEIVING STATION ORANGE, TEXAS, ABOARD USS N. K. PERRY DD-883 AND USS PERKINS DD-877. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.