World War II Honoree

Clarence O'Dell Chewning

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Mill Creek, West Virginia

Honored By

Gerald Sprinkel

Relationship

Great Nephew

ENTERED SERVICE IN MAY 1944. ASSIGNED TO THE USS RUTLAND APA-192 AND SAW ACTION IN IWO JIMA, NANPO SHOTO (SULPHUR ISLAND GROUP), PARTICIPATED IN CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA AND TSUGEN JIMA, RYUKYU ISLANDS, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN; LANDED TOKYO OCCUPATION FORCE AT YOKOHAMA. BECAME MISSING IN ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1945. REMEMBERED ON THE TABLETS OF THE MISSING AT THE AMERICAN CEMETERY, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.