World War II Honoree

William Ray Cogan

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Middletown, Ohio

Honored By

Mrs. Janet M. Eggleton

Relationship

Sister

ENLISTED 3/15/44. DISCHARGED 3/12/46. AWARDED 2 VICTORY MEDALS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND AMERICAN AREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL. SERVED ON USS TELFAIR. SHIP WAS HIT BY KAMIKAZE ON 4/2/45; 2 MEN KILLED, BUT SHIP MAINTAINED SAILING ABILITY. SENT TO IWO JIMA AREA AS BACK-UP TROOPS, BUT WAS NOT NEEDED SO THEY THEN WENT TO AN ISLAND CALLED IA, WHERE ERNIE PYLE WAS KILLED.