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Ernie Ollie Walton

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ON FEBRUARY 12, 1943. SERVED ON THE USS LST-495 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. FIRST ASSAULT WAS JUNE 6, 1944. SERVED ON BOARD USS EMBATTLE (AM-226), IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON A MINESWEEPING OPERATION OFF OKINAWA. DISCHARGED MAY 16, 1946 AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION, ILLINOIS. SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.