World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John R. Wheatley
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Denver, Colorado
Honored By
Ms. Mary Jane Wheatley
Relationship
Wife
Served as Gunnery Officer on USS LST 464, a converted hospital evacuation ship which picked up dead and wounded on beaches, transferring them out to sea to Geneva Covenant Hospital ships for treatment or burial. Served in Southwest Pacific, New Guinea, Philippine area until August 1945.