World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Oswald Joseph Gaynier
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Monroe, Michigan
Honored By
John Peterson
PILOT OF A DOUGLAS TBD-1 DEVASTATOR TORPEDO BOMBER, HE GALLANTLY SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND THE AMERICAN VICTORY THAT FOLLOWED. FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AND MERITORIOUS DEVOTION TO DUTY AT MIDWAY, HE WAS AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS POSTHUMOUSLY.