World War II Honoree

Robert Edwin Balmer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Dale Balmer

Relationship

Son

HE SERVED AS A CIVIL SERVICE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC WORKING ON THE B-17 AND OTHER AIRCRAFT AT MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AND PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE DURING THE INITIAL PART OF THE WAR. ON APRIL 19TH, 1944 HE JOINED THE NAVY AND SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE ON THE AFT 5 INCH GUN ON THE USS WALTON, DE-361, A DESTROYER ESCORT. THE WALTON SERVED BRIEFLY IN THE ATLANTIC BEFORE MOVING TO THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE SEPARATED FROM THE NAVY ON MAY 7TH, 1946.