World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Robert Frye
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Louisville, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON JANUARY 4, 1944 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; ELECTRICIAN TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA; ADVANCED ELECTRICIANS MATES SCHOOL, CAMP PEARY, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA AND ELECTRICAL INTERIOR COMMUNICATION SCHOOL, NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, D.C. ASSIGNED TO NAVY 3964 (TACLOBAN, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS) AND SERVED ABOARD THE DIXIE CLASS DESTROYER TENDER USS PRAIRIE (AD-15). EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIREMAN FIRST CLASS ON JANUARY 17, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.