World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Louis Joseph Ratnecht
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oakdale, 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 SAMPSON, NEW YORK, RECEIVING STATION NAVAL OPERATING BASE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ABOARD USS BABBITT DD-128, USS VOGELGESANG DD-862, RECEIVING STATION NAVY YARD PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, RECEIVING STATION BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.