World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ray Leslie Whiting
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hamlet of Oak Ridge, New York
Honored By
Michael Lynett
On February 7, 1942 he rejoined the Army to help defend our Country and attained the rank of Sergeant with the 809th Aviation Engineers attached to the 15th Air Force, and was in the Tunisian, Sicilian, Naples-Foggia, and Rome-Arno Campaigns. He was honorably discharged August 27, 1945 with a Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with four Bronze Battle Stars, Five Overseas Service Bars and two Service Stripes.