World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Eiermann Connelly
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Jewett City, Connecticut
Honored By
The Connelly Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AT RECEIVING STATION, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAMPSON, NEW YORK; ARMED GUARD SCHOOL, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; ARMED GUARD CENTER, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; RECEIVING STATION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; RECEIVING STATION, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; DISCIPLINE BARRACKS, HARTS ISLAND, NEW YORK; ABOARD SS LORENZO DE ZAVALA AND SS CAPE GASPE. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.