World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Clyde Shonk Zink
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Cathy Zink Saladik, Paul Zink & Barbara Zink
Relationship
Children
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy from 3/18/1942 to 3/6/1946 serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations aboard the USS Cotten, DD-669. Achieved the rank of 1st Class Petty Officer and served as gun captain of the forward 5-inch gun on his Fletcher-class destroyer.