World War II Honoree

Dalton Henry Ferrell

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Wardville, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS AMMEN (DD-527). HIS SHIP PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS IN ALASKA, AT NEW GUINEA, BIAK ISLAND, AND AT LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DURING OPERATIONS AT LEYTE, HIS SHIP WAS HIT BY A BURNING JAPANESE BOMBER CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TOPSIDE, KILLING 5 AND WOUNDING 21 SHIPMATES. USS AMMEN SUSTAINED 8 MEN WOUNDED IN ACTION IN APRIL, 1945 FROM A BOMB, DROPPED FROM AN ENEMY AIRCRAFT, WHILE SUPPORTING THE ASSAULT ON OKINAWA. THE SHIP ALSO SERVED IN JAPAN FROM SEPTEMBER 15, 1945 TO NOVEMBER 17, 1945 AS PART OF OCCUPATION FORCES. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.