Name | Lewis L. Dorenkamp |
Address | Meservey, Iowa |
Entered Service | June 3, 1943 |
Branch | Navy Seabees |
Trained | Williamsburg, Virginia; Gulfport, Mississippi, Port Hueneme, CA |
Embarkation | November 19, 1943 |
Theatre of Operation | Asiatic-Pacific |
Engagements | Enewitok and Invasion of Guam |
Awarded | 2 Campaign Stars, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon |
Returned to U.S. | September, 1945 |
Discharged | Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 18, 1945 |
Rating | Carpenter's Mate First Class |
Served | 30 months |
Civilian Occupation | Carpenter |
Parents | Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Dorenkamp |
Wife | Maine Dorenkamp |
Children | Charlotte Faye, Tommy Lee, and Jimmy Lynn Dorenkamp |
Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 9 (photo included)