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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

William Carsey Gatlin

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Paris, Tennessee

Honored By

Grandson and Family

Relationship

Grandson

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

He was a SeeBee with the US Navy. A graduate of Kentucky Military Institute (1918-1920), he joined the Navy in Biloxi, MS during WW2. He was shipped to New Orleans, LA and then shipped to the Pacific Theater. He was repositioned as a photographer on recon planes and covered the Aleutian Islands of Alaska battle against the Japanese. Disembarked at San Francisco, CA at wars end.