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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James Aloysius Gilker

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Kansas City, Missouri

Honored By

Phyllis Gilker Lancaster

Relationship

daughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ACTION IN OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS (APRIL - JUNE 1946); OCCUPATION OF JAPAN (OCTOBER 1945 - FEBRUARY 1946). HE WAS AN INTELLIGENCE MAN AND RECEIVED A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL (28 JULY 1944). HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION (11 JUNE 1946).