World War II Honoree

Jan Walter Wotka

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norwich, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NAVAL TRAINING STATION LONG BEACH LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, NAVAL OPERATING BASE LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND, ARMED GUARD CENTER BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, NAVAL FRONTIER BASE, TOMPKINSVILLE, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA, NAVAL LANDING FORCE EQUIPMENT DEPOT ALBANY, CALIFORNIA AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.