World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leonard Edwin Watson
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Warwick, Rhode Island
Honored By
The Watson Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL OPERATING BASE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ABOARD USS NITRO AE-2, MACHINIST FLEET SCHOOL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, NAVAL HOSPITAL PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA AND NAVY YARD MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.