World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Loyd Ewing Welch
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Roff, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942. SERVED OVERSEAS AS A MEMBER OF THE NAVAL ARMED GUARD IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP LINDLEY M. GARRISON (HULL #616), FROM 1943-1946. THE ARMED GUARDS WERE U.S. NAVY PERSONNEL PLACED ON BOARD U.S. AND FOREIGN-FLAG MERCHANT SHIPS, TO MAN DEFENSIVE GUNS FOR PROTECTION, WHILE CARRYING MATERIAL TO THE FIGHTING FRONTS. A VARIETY OF WEAPONS WERE FITTED TO MERCHANT SHIPS FOR USE AGAINST SURFACE SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.