World War II Honoree

Clayton Pitts

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Chula, Georgia

Honored By

Wife and Children

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC ONBOARD THE USS SALEM AND USS SHAWMUT, WHERE HIS SHIPS WERE ATTACKED BY JAPANESE KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS ALSO ASSIGNED TO BLIMP SQUADRON 31 IN SANTA ANITA, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON (1 STAR), AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL.