Kenneth Otto, Jr.
Address: Pittsfield, Illinois.
Entered Service: March 26, 1940.
Branch of Service: Navy.
Training Station: Great Lakes, Illinois.
Saw action at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese bombing, December 7, 1941, and was then on the destroyer, USS CASE. Later he was transferred to a heavy cruiser, USS LOUISVILLE, on which he served until the end of the war. His ship led the bombardment of islands in the Pacific, helping to shell paths on beaches for invasion forces.
Engagements: Lingayen Gulf; Luzon; Okinawa.
Re-enlisted in the Navy, March 26, 1946, and was sent to Guam for duty.
Decorations: American Defense Medal; American Theatre Medal; Two Good Conduct Medals; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; Fourteen Battle Stars.
Rating: Radioman First Class.
Son of Mrs. Edward Damron.
Address: Pittsfield, Illinois.
Entered Service: March 26, 1940.
Branch of Service: Navy.
Training Station: Great Lakes, Illinois.
Saw action at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese bombing, December 7, 1941, and was then on the destroyer, USS CASE. Later he was transferred to a heavy cruiser, USS LOUISVILLE, on which he served until the end of the war. His ship led the bombardment of islands in the Pacific, helping to shell paths on beaches for invasion forces.
Engagements: Lingayen Gulf; Luzon; Okinawa.
Re-enlisted in the Navy, March 26, 1946, and was sent to Guam for duty.
Decorations: American Defense Medal; American Theatre Medal; Two Good Conduct Medals; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; Fourteen Battle Stars.
Rating: Radioman First Class.
Son of Mrs. Edward Damron.
Kenneth Otto, Jr.
Address: Pittsfield, Illinois.
Entered Service: March 26, 1940.
Branch of Service: Navy.
Training Station: Great Lakes, Illinois.
Saw action at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese bombing, December 7, 1941, and was then on the destroyer, USS CASE. Later he was transferred to a heavy cruiser, USS LOUISVILLE, on which he served until the end of the war. His ship led the bombardment of islands in the Pacific, helping to shell paths on beaches for invasion forces.
Engagements: Lingayen Gulf; Luzon; Okinawa.
Re-enlisted in the Navy, March 26, 1946, and was sent to Guam for duty.
Decorations: American Defense Medal; American Theatre Medal; Two Good Conduct Medals; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; Fourteen Battle Stars.
Rating: Radioman First Class.
Son of Mrs. Edward Damron.
Address: Pittsfield, Illinois.
Entered Service: March 26, 1940.
Branch of Service: Navy.
Training Station: Great Lakes, Illinois.
Saw action at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese bombing, December 7, 1941, and was then on the destroyer, USS CASE. Later he was transferred to a heavy cruiser, USS LOUISVILLE, on which he served until the end of the war. His ship led the bombardment of islands in the Pacific, helping to shell paths on beaches for invasion forces.
Engagements: Lingayen Gulf; Luzon; Okinawa.
Re-enlisted in the Navy, March 26, 1946, and was sent to Guam for duty.
Decorations: American Defense Medal; American Theatre Medal; Two Good Conduct Medals; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; Fourteen Battle Stars.
Rating: Radioman First Class.
Son of Mrs. Edward Damron.
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