World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James Edward Powers
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Defiance, Ohio
Honored By
Defiance County Veterans Office
ENLISTED FEBRUARY 9, 1943 IN TOLEDO, OHIO AND WAS DISCHARGED DECEMBER 22, 1945 AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA. SERVED WITH THE 632ND QUARTERMASTER CORPS. PARTICIPATED IN MAJOR CAMPAIGNS IN ROME-ARNO, NORTH APENNINES, PO VALLEY, EUROPEAN THEATER, AND THE PHILIPPINES. EARNED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE CAMPAIGN STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.