World War II Honoree

Richard Brayton Alberry

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Watertown, New York

Honored By

Daughter

RECIPIENT OF THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL. INDUCTED APRIL 3, 1943. ACTIVE SERVICE APRIL 10, 1943. BASIC TRAINING SAMSON, NEW YORK, APPRENTICE SEAMAN, MASON WORKER APPRENTICE DURING ENLISTMENT. PASSED THROUGH SEAMAN SECOND CLASS, THEN SEAMAN FIRST CLASS, THEN COXSWAIN. STATIONED AT U.S. NAVAL BASE AT PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. STATIONED AT PIER 92, NEW YORK CITY UNTIL HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON MARCH 4, 1946.