World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Gardner Fincher
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER ABOARD THE LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST-495). PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY INVASION IN JUNE 1944 AND THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1944. REASSIGNED ABOARD LST-495 TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND TOOK PART IN THE ASSAULT AND OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA GUNTO IN APRIL AND JUNE 1945. PERFORMED OCCUPATION DUTY IN THE FAR EAST UNTIL LATE 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.