World War II Honoree

Ralph Vernon Edenfield

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Griswold, Connecticut

Honored By

The Edenfield Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, MACON, GEORGIA; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; USS NORTH CAROLINA BB-55; SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; RECEIVING STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; SUBMARINE TRAINING, SUBMARINE SQUADRON THREE, USS S-12 (SS-117); NAVAL HOSPITAL BALBOA, CANAL ZONE; USS S-12 (SS-117); SUBMARINE DIVISION 32; USS S-12; SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; SUBMARINE TRAINING ACTIVITY, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN; USS LAMPREY, SUBMARINE DIVISION 301; USS SCRUB SS-329, SUBMARINE DIVISION 262; NAVAL HOSPITAL 114, PHILIPPINES; NAVAL HOSPITAL 10, GUAM; AND NAVAL HOSPITAL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE SERVICE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.