Wesley A. Spragg

Wesley A. Spragg entered the Navy on September 11, 1943.

He served as a Seaman First Class aboard the USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE 5) in the Pacific Theater and at continental U.S. stations.

He was awarded the following: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four bronze battle stars, World War II Victory Medal, and Philippine Liberation Medal with two bronze stars.

Mr. Spragg was honorably discharged on December 31, 1946, in Sampson, New York.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 304.

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