World War II Honoree

Robert Edwin Gockel

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Collinwood, Ohio

Honored By

Family

ENLISTED ON OCTOBER 5, 1943 AND COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP PORTER, GREAT LAKES IN ILLINOIS. AFTER TRAINING AS A RADAR OPERATOR, PROUDLY SERVED AS A RADARMAN SECOND CLASS, RUNNING THE RADAR SCREEN AND PLOTTING BOARD, ON THE USS ALDERAMIN (AK-116) FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. THE ALDERAMIN WAS A CARGO/TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP SERVING OVER 100 PORTS AND DELIVERED MEN AND SUPPLIES TO MANY ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC. HE RECEIVED CAMPAIGN RIBBONS FOR THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN AND IWO JIMA CAMPAIGN, ONE STAR. WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON APRIL 5, 1946.