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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Richard Robert Novotny

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Berwyn, Illinois

Honored By

James C. Bunch

Relationship

Coast Guard Veteran

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Activity During WWII

He served from September 3, 1942 to January 10, 1945 as a Seaman First Class aboard the U.S. Coast Guard manned USS Leopold (DE-319). and was a survivor of the torpedo-sinking of the USS Leopold, by German U-255 on March 9, 1944. He earned the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal.