BROUGHTON-WILLIAM
WILLIAM PAUL BROUGHTON
Deceased
Rate/Rank
COX
COX
Service Branch
USN 6/1943 - 2/1946
Born
06/09/1924
DUNN, NC
USS LST-271
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
HIS DAUGHTER DONATED HIS SHELLBACK CERTIFICATE TO THE NAVY MEMORIAL IN 2019 AND ADDED SOME PERSONAL DOCUMENTS IN 2021.
WITH HIS BROTHER FRANCIS BROUGHTON, RIGHT, WHO WAS KILLED WHILE SERVING WITH THE MARINES ON IWO JIMA.