World War II Honoree

Paul William Goettlich

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Willimantic, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAMPSON, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (SIGNAL COMMUNICATION POOL), NOROTON HEIGHTS, CONNECTICUT; ARMED GUARD CENTER, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; ABOARD SS ISAAC S. HOPKINS; ARMED GUARD CENTER TRAINING CENTER, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA; SS FRANK WIGGINS; ARMED GUARD CENTER, PACIFIC TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA; SS JOHN BALL; AND HARBOR ENTRANCE SIGNAL STATION, FORT WINFIELD SCOTT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.