2D LT. U. S. ARMY
WORLD WAR II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 11 JUNE, 1941 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AS AN AMMUNITION HANDLER AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1943 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SAW COMBAT WITH THE 80TH CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (MECHANIZED) THROUGH THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 9 AUGUST 1944 IN FRANCE. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS A PRIVATE ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
(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.)
World War II Memorial
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WORLD WAR II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 11 JUNE, 1941 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AS AN AMMUNITION HANDLER AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1943 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SAW COMBAT WITH THE 80TH CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (MECHANIZED) THROUGH THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 9 AUGUST 1944 IN FRANCE. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS A PRIVATE ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
(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.)
World War II Memorial
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2D LT. U. S. ARMY
WORLD WAR II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 11 JUNE, 1941 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AS AN AMMUNITION HANDLER AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1943 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SAW COMBAT WITH THE 80TH CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (MECHANIZED) THROUGH THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 9 AUGUST 1944 IN FRANCE. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS A PRIVATE ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
(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.)
World War II Memorial
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WORLD WAR II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 11 JUNE, 1941 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AS AN AMMUNITION HANDLER AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1943 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SAW COMBAT WITH THE 80TH CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (MECHANIZED) THROUGH THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 9 AUGUST 1944 IN FRANCE. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS A PRIVATE ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
(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.)
World War II Memorial
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