World War II Honoree

Alfred Charles Coppersmith

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rome, New York

Honored By

Stephen, John, Mark and Jeffrey

Relationship

Sons

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY ON JULY 1944 AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAMPSON, NEW YORK. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING HE ATTENDED QUARTERMASTER SCHOOL AND WAS LATER ASSIGNED TO THE USS BLUERIDGE AGC-2, WHERE HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JUNE 6, 1946 AT THE U.S. NAVY PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK AS A QUARTERMASTER THIRD CLASS.