World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert William Parkins
Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Joseph K. Oyler
Relationship
Friend
Served on a ship that patrolled the Ohio River as far as Cincinnati, and the Youghiogheny, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers, protecting the navigation locks and dams on which the industrial effort on the home front depended.