World War II Honoree

Edgar Franklin Palmer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Boston, Massachusetts

Honored By

Lloyd B. Raeg

Relationship

Stepson

U.S. NAVY, TO 1947. SERVED IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA CAMPAIGN AND SAN BERNARDINO STRAITS ABOARD THE USS BENHAM DURING THE GREAT TYPHOON OF DECEMBER 1944. RECEIVED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH FLEET CLASP, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, NAVAL OCCUPATION MEDAL, PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION.