FORD LEON WHITNEY
Rate/Rank
EM2
Service Branch
USNR 6/1942 - 12/1945
Born
11/15/1915WILLMAR, MN
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
GYRO COMPASS SCHOOL, SAN DIEGO, CA
NTS SAN DIEGO, CA
USS WICKES DD-578
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION * WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/5 STARS
PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON