WWII

Walter Paul Godwin

Rate / Rank
SN

Birthdate
October 4 1926

Date of Death
November 19 2014

Branch
USNR

Active Duty Service
January 10 1945 - July 20 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Battle of Okinawa

Significant Duty Stations

USS Hornet (CV-12)

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Pelham, Georgia. Graduate of Whigham High School Class of 1944. Brother of Seaman Second Class Steve Godwin US Navy. Interment; Mizpah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.