World War II Honoree

Edgar Thomas Hackworth, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Portsmouth, Ohio

Honored By

Barbara Hackworth

Relationship

Wife

A LIEUTENANT AND PILOT IN THE JAPANESE AND SOUTH PACIFIC THEATRES OF OPERATIONS. HE SERVED IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC, RYUKYUS, AND AIR OFFENSIVE JAPAN CAMPAIGNS. FOR HIS VALIANT CONDUCT, HE WAS AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL.