JOSEPH WOLFE TILFORD

Deceased 10/04/1981

Rate/Rank
CDR

Service Branch

USNR 7/1942 - 7/1970

Born
10/22/1915
MARTINSVILLE, IN

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

USS ZAURAK AK-117 * USS GYATT DD-712 * NRC, QUINCY, IL

USS LST-1157 * PHIBGRU THREE * NAVPERS

NAVPHIBSCHOL NORFOLK, VA * USS CAMBRIA APA-36

CO, NRTC INDIANAPOLIS, IN * OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, CHICAGO, IL

N&MCRTC BATON ROUGE, LA

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

NAVAL RESERVE MEDAL * AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL

EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL * CHINA SERVICE MEDAL

ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/3 STARS * WW II VICTORY MEDAL

NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL (ASIA) * NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL W/1 STAR