World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth Walter Barden
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mystic, Connecticut
Honored By
The Barden Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION ABOARD USS ERICSSON DD-440, USS CLARENCE K. BRONSON DD-668, USS GAINARD DD-706, USS SHENANDOAH AD-26 AND USS HOLDER DD-819. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 9 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.