World War II Honoree

Cecil Kenneth Burt

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON JULY 25, 1942 AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. ASSIGNED TO RECEIVING STATION SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; NAVAL HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL NAVY PIER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL HOSPITAL GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, RECEIVING STATION PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; NAVAL HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; AND THE BROOKLYN CLASS, LIGHT CRUISER USS BOISE CL-47. EARNED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON (AWARDED RETROACTIVELY IN 1999 BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION), GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE BATTLE STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE BATTLE STARS. SERVED VARIOUSLY AS A FIREMAN SECOND CLASS, FIREMAN FIRST CLASS AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A WATER TENDER THIRD CLASS ON DECEMBER 16, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.