Grant Frederick Timmerman
In Memory Of
Medal of Honor
Sgt
US Marine Corps
World War II
Feb 14 1918
Jul 8 1944
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Sergeant Grant R. Timmerman
United States Marine Corps WWII
KIA 8 July 1944 Saipan Island
United States Navy Medal of Honor
Purple Heart Medal with Gold Star
Bronze Star Medal
American Defense Medal
China Service Medal 145
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal
with four battle stars
New Zealand
Tarawa
Phillipines [sic]
Saipan
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U.S.S. Timmerman
Destroyer
Named for Sgt. Grant Frederick Timmerman, U.S.M.C.
Built by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Me.
Authorized July 19, 1940
Keel Laid Oct. 1, 1945
Launched May 19, 1951
Commissioned Sept. 26, 1952
Marker can be reached from Commercial Street (Kansas Route 99), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
