World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Richard W. Perkins
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Richland, Washington
Honored By
Darwin R. Perkins
Relationship
Son
Assigned as a Sonar technician on a Destroyer Escort in the Pacific theater of Operations. Was off the coast of Japan preparing for the invasion when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.