World War II Honoree

W. J. Hegelheimer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Montrose, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

SERVED AS AN AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN ABOARD SHIP IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES: IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ENTERED THE NAVY IN 1944; COMPLETED HIS BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO AND ORDNANCE TRAINING AT THE BREMERTON U.S. NAVAL BASE, WASHINGTON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945.