World War II Honoree

Edward Graham Mossman

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Marshalltown, Iowa

Honored By

Michael Edward Mossman, CDR, USPHS, RET.

Relationship

Son

SERVED IN THE U.S. COAST GUARD AS A FIREMAN FIRST CLASS. HIS DATES OF SERVICE WERE FEBRUARY 22, 1943 TO FEBRUARY 16, 1946. STATIONED ON THE USS WAKEFIELD AND MADE 20 CROSSINGS, TRANSPORTING TROOPS TO EUROPE. HIS DUTY STATIONS INCLUDED RSS DES MOINES, IOWA; COAST GUARD TRAINING STATION, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA; COAST GUARD TRAINING STATION, GROTON, CONNECTICUT (MOTOR MACHINIST'S MATE SCHOOL); MIAMI, FLORIDA COAST GUARD VESSEL REPAIR SHOP; AND CONSTITUTION BASE 63 COAST GUARD REPAIR SHOP BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USS WAKEFIELD. SERVICE AWARDS INCLUDE AMERICAN AREA RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN AREA RIBBON, AND WWII VICTORY RIBBON.