World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Joseph Peter Falcetti
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Groton, Connecticut
Honored By
The Falcetti Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA; NAVAL AIR GUNNERS SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA; NAVAL AIR STATION FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA; CARRIER AIRCRAFT SERVICE UNIT 5, RECEIVING STATION TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; TORPEDO BOMBING SQUADRON VT-100, COMMANDER NAVAL AIR BASES GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS, TORPEDO BOMBING SQUADRON VT-99, COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT SQUADRON VC-77, TORPEDO BOMBING SQUADRON VT-81 AND CARRIER AIRCRAFT SERVICE UNIT 22. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, AIRCREW INSIGNIA AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.