World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Willis Ray Benton
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
Honored By
William D. 'Dan' Benton
Relationship
Son
OCTOBER 1943, PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. FEBRUARY 1944, ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. JUNE 1944, MULTI-ENGINE SEAPLANE TRAINING, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SEPTEMBER 1944, MULTI-ENGINE SEAPLANE TRAINING, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. NOVEMBER 1944, HEAVY BOMBER (B-24) TRAINING, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. MARCH 1945, QUALIFIED AS PATROL PLANE 2ND PILOT, MIAMI, FLORIDA. APRIL 1945, PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER TRAINING, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. JUNE-OCTOBER 1945, SERVED IN PACIFIC THEATER (IWO JIMA, TINIAN, AND GUAM).