World War II Honoree

Joseph Harry Casten

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Relationship

Self

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION ABOARD THE SS RICHARD JORDAN GATLING, SS JOYCE KILMER, SS GEORGE ELDRIDGE, SS LOUIS D. BRANDIS AND SS EDWARD EVERETT AS A MESSMAN, UTILITYMAN AND FIREMAN WATERTENDER. AWARDED THE ATLANTIC WAR ZONE BAR, MEDITERRANEAN-MIDDLE EAST WAR ZONE BAR, PACIFIC WAR ZONE BAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND MERCHANT MARINE EMBLEM.