World War II Honoree

Alva Neil Akin

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Westville, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 8, 1942 AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AT THE NAVAL BASE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED AS A TORPEDOMAN OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER ON PATROL TORPEDO (PT) BOAT PT-207, MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON MTB RON-15. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF SICILY AND ITALY IN THE NORTH AFRICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (NATOUSA), IN 1943. ENSIGN AKIN THEN SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ABOARD PT-485, MTB RON-32 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA. PARTICIPATED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS CONSOLIDATION CAMPAIGN. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CREDITED WITH 5 BATTLE STARS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 6, 1945, WITH THE RANK OF ENSIGN AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.