World War II Honoree

Roy L. Case

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Ridgway, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 1ST CLASS. HE ENTERED THE NAVY IN 1943, TRAINED AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, IOWA STATE COLLEGE AND THE U.S. NAVAL BASE AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. SERVED AS AN ELECTRICIAN ABOARD THE LANDING SHIP TANK, USS LST 369 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES: NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, SALERNO LANDINGS AND THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE BATTLE STARS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN SEPTEMBER 1945.