World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William H. Balabanow
Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Relationship
Self
SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC, MIDDLE EASTERN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION ABOARD MERCHANT SHIPS SS SHICKSHINNY AND SS ESSO CAMDEN IN CONVOYS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, ALONE TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND IN CONVOYS TO ULITHI. AWARDED THE ATLANTIC WAR ZONE BAR, MEDITERRANEAN-MIDDLE EASTERN WAR ZONE BAR, PACIFIC WAR ZONE BAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, MERCHANT MARINE EMBLEM AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.