Jerome Leon Reikes

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 19 MAY 1943. ASSIGNED TO THE USS LST-497 AT PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. ON 28 APRIL 1944 DURING 'EXERCISE TIGER' OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ENGLAND, A GERMAN SUBMARINE TORPEDOED AND SANK THE LST-497. ASSIGNED TO THE LST-56 FOR THE NORMANDY INVASION. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.