Walter Laverne Gilstrap

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 30 NOVEMBER 1942 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 4 JULY 1943 ASSIGNED TO THE USS YMS-42, A MINELAYER/SWEEPER. 18 MARCH 1944 ASSIGNED TO THE USS ATR-15, A RESCUE TUG ASSIGNED TO THE INVASION OF NORMANDY JUNE 6 TO 19 1944. 9 OCTOBER 1944 ASSIGNED TO THE USS CHIMO ACM-1, A MINELAYER OPERATING OUT OF PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND AND ALONG COAST OF CHEBOURG, BAY OF SAINT-BRIEVC AND BREST, FRANCE. RETURNED TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA MARCH, 1945. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.