World War II Honoree

Daniel Hall Duren

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Coshocton, Ohio

Honored By

Janice E. Shannon

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED AS SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. JOINED NAVY JUNE 19, 1940 AS WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF PHARMACIST'S MATE DURING ENLISTMENT. AFTER RECRUIT TRAINING AT NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND IN 1940, SERVED AS HONOR GUARD FOR PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WHO WAS VISITING NEWPORT. THEN TOOK DUTY ON SEVERAL SHIPS. GRADUATED FIRST IN CLASS IN HOSPITAL CORPS SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM INSTRUCTOR TRAINING SCHOOL AND DENTAL TECHNICIAN SCHOOL. SPENT MOST OF THE WAR AS THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE ABOARD THE USS MOFFETT. AFTER THE WAR, DECOMMISSIONED MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THREE DESTROYERS.