RICHARD MARTIN WALDRON JR.
Rate/Rank
S1
Service Branch
USN 8/1941 - 2/1942
Born
04/29/1919ILLINOIS
KILLED IN ACTION - USS LANGLEY AV-3 SURVIVOR IN USS PECOS AO-6, 03/01/1942
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS LANGLEY AV-3 - SUNK BY JAPANESE AIR STRIKE, SOUTH OF JAVA
MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY, TABLETS OF THE MISSING, MEMORIALIZED DECEMBER 15, 1945
USS PECOS AO-6 - SUNK BY JAPANESE AIR STRIKE ENROUTE AUSTRALIA
USS CHAUMONT AP-5, TROOP TRANSPORT
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART * COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL * WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION