EMMETT DEWITT TURNER, JR.

SC3 UNITED STATES NAVY 8661601

WORLD WAR II

DATE OF BIRTH: March 3, 1924 Kansas City, Kansas

PLACE OF ENTRY: Kansas City, Kansas, June 14, 1943

ASSIGNMENTS/GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS:

NRS, Kansas City, Missouri

USNTS, Great Lakes, Illinois

US NAVAL TRADE SCHOOL, Hampton, Virginia

INSHORE PATROL, NOB, Norfolk, Virginia

SECT. BASE, Little Creek, Virginia

CIC GROUP TRACEN, Little Creek, Virginia

NAVTRESTE, Newport, Rhode Island

U.S.S. LACERTA (AKA-29)

DECORATIONS AND AWARDS: World War II Victory Medal, American Area Campaign Medal , Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, W/1 Bronze Star.

PLACE OF SEPARATION: Kansas City, Kansas - January 7, 1946

WIFE: Nevelyn Turner

DATE OF DEATH:  August 16, 1987  Kansas City, Kansas

BURIED: Section 45, Row 31, Site 1

Leavenworth National Cemetery

Leavenworth, Kansas    

SOURCE:  National Personnel Records Center

Military Personnel Records

St. Louis, Missouri 63132-5100

Picture Caption: Emmett Dewitt Turner, Jr.

John G. Langley, Durham, NC, Elvis W. Muckley, Jr., Louisville, KY, Emmett Dewitt Turner, Jr., Kansas City, KS

Submitted by Gladys Turner Finney, Trotwood, OH