World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Richard Conley
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Newark, New Jersey
Honored By
His Grandchildren
Relationship
Grandchild
After spending his teens working in the Portland shipyards building ships for the Navy, John R. Conley enlisted as soon as he was eligible and served with the 29th Construction Battalion, spending most of his deployment on Truk Island in the South Pacific Theater.