World War II Honoree

Raymond O. Patsel

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Roanoke, Virginia

Honored By

Charles F. Cole

Relationship

Fellow Marine

SERVED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY, THE BOMBARDMENT OF CHERBOURG HARBOR DEFENSES, THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE, THE INVASION OF IWO JIMA AND THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL, WITH TWO BRONZE STARS, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE STARS, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ROSE FROM PRIVATE TO FIRST LIEUTENANT THROUGH THE RANKS.