World War II Honoree

Lawrence C. Beale, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Houston, Texas

Honored By

Marianna B. Smith

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM 1941 - 1942 ON THE USS ST. LOUIS CL-49. FIRST SAW ACTION IN PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1941. SAW ADDITIONAL ACTION AT THE RAID ON THE JAPANESE BASE IN THE MARSHALL AND GILBERT ISLANDS, FEBRUARY 1942. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM 1943 - 1945. IN 1943, SAW ACTION ON THE USS CHIWAWA, AN OIL TANKER, WITH TRIPS TO NORTH AFRICA AND SCOTLAND AND HAD SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS WITH GERMAN U-BOATS. IN 1944. SERVED ON THE USS WISEMAN DE-667, A DESTROYER ESCORT, ESCORTING SEVERAL CONVOYS TO BIZERTE, TUNISIA, NORTH AFRICA WITHOUT INCIDENT. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON, PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH TWO BRONZE STARS, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN THEATER RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND A NATIONAL MEDAL AS A PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR.