World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ernest Virgilton Plantz
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Spring Hill, West Virginia
Honored By
A Grateful American
Served in the Pacific theater of operations aboard the battleship USS Mexico then transferring to the submarine service aboard the USS Perch SS-176. the submarine was captured by the Japanese and he was a prisoner of war for 1297 days.