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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Charles Augustus Ernst, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lineood, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

COMMISSIONED AS A ENSIGN, HE SERVED ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS BRISTOL, WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON OCTOBER 13. 1943. NEXT HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS LEUTZE, AFTER FIRE SUPPORT AT PELELIU AND IWO JIMA, HIS SHIP WAS HIT BY A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE ATTACK AND DAMAGED. RECIPIENT OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, EUROPEAN RIBBONS AND THE PURPLE HEART.