World War II Honoree

Richard James Best

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Akron, Ohio

Honored By

A Grateful American

Served in the American, European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters of Operation at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois, Naval Training School(Armed Guard) Shelton, Virginia, Naval Armed Guard Center Brooklyn, New York, aboard SS Watertown, SS Fernanado, SS John A. Sutter, SS Kenyon, SS Henry Wright Hurley and Personnel Separation Center Great Lakes, Illinois. Awarded the American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.