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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Kent Franklin Nickerson

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS AT AGE 17 FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AT KWAJALEIN ATOLL, AND IN THE NORTH PACIFIC AT JOHNSTON ATOLL. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF GUNNERY SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.