ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JANUARY 18, 1943. TRAINED AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY CREWMAN AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON NOVEMBER 2, 1943 BOUND FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERVED WITH BATTERY Z, 49'7TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE AT FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN ON JANUARY 22, 1946.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JANUARY 18, 1943. TRAINED AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY CREWMAN AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON NOVEMBER 2, 1943 BOUND FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERVED WITH BATTERY Z, 49'7TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE AT FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN ON JANUARY 22, 1946.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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