WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Howard W. Heacock

Entered Service: November 10, 1942.

Branch of Service: Navy

Trained at Norfolk, Virginia December 14, 1942 to February 8, 1943; Davisville, Rhode Island, 68th Naval Construction Battery. Transferred to 1004 C.B. Detachment. Transferred to 17th Navy Construction Battery, Port Hueneme, California. 

Overseas: May 17, 1943

Theatre of Operation: New Foundland

Engagements: Saipan, Pacific, September 1944. 

Medals Earned: From New Foundland.

Returned to U.S.:  November, 1943 from Saipan July 3, 1945.

Discharged: July 18, 1945, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois.

Rank: C.M. 1/c.

Total Months in Service: Two years, eight months, nine days.

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