World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leroy Uley Welch
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Olean, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION BUFFALO, NEW YORK, NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAMPSON, NEW YORK, CONSTRUCTION BATTALION REPLACEMENT DEPOT CAMP PARKS, CALIFORNIA, 24TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, 35TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, 109TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, RECEIVING STATION TREASURE ISLAND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.