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Edwin Thomas McCawley

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Edwin Thomas McCawley Veteran

Birth
Death
3 Jan 1997 (aged 85)
Burial
Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MARCH 7, 1942 AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS. ATTENDED THE QUARTERMASTER COOKING AND BAKING SERVICE SCHOOL AND ASSIGNED TO THE MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED STATESIDE FOR THREE YEARS AND ONE MONTH. DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MARCH 31, 1945 BOUND FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE SERVED IN COMBAT AS A MESS SERGEANT (MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY 824) WITH THE 313TH GENERAL HOSPITAL DURING THE LUZON CAMPAIGN. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON FEBRUARY 12, 1946 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI.

(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.)

See http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=intro.
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MARCH 7, 1942 AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS. ATTENDED THE QUARTERMASTER COOKING AND BAKING SERVICE SCHOOL AND ASSIGNED TO THE MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED STATESIDE FOR THREE YEARS AND ONE MONTH. DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MARCH 31, 1945 BOUND FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE SERVED IN COMBAT AS A MESS SERGEANT (MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY 824) WITH THE 313TH GENERAL HOSPITAL DURING THE LUZON CAMPAIGN. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON FEBRUARY 12, 1946 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI.

(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.)

See http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=intro.


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