WWII

LaFayette Berry "L. B." Connell

Rate / Rank
LT jg

Birthdate
March 4 1922

Date of Death
July 26 2012

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
January 20 1943 - November 2 1945

Significant Duty Stations

Fighter Pilot, F4 Corsair, Squadron VB -86, USS Wasp (CV-18)

Decorations & Citations

Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one silver star and three battle stars, World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Grady County, Georgia. Graduate of Whigham High School Class of 1935. Graduated University of Florida 1953, BS Agricultural Economics. Taught veterans farming practice. Mgr. Farmers Mutual Exchange, Mgr. Wights Tractor. Owned Edison Tractor Co. Brother of Telman third class Forest Earl Connell US Navy and Seaman Francis Gwendale Connell US Navy. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.