World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William Ragland Watkins III
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
McComb, Mississippi
Honored By
BG James C. Daugherty, AUS (Ret)
Relationship
Foxhole Brother
SERVED WITH 2ND PLATOON, COMPANY D, 101ST INFANTRY, 26TH INFANTRY DIVISION (YANKEE DIVISION), FROM TENNESSEE MANEUVERS IN 1944 UNTIL JANUARY 1946. SERVED FROM PRIVATE TO PLATOON SERGEANT THROUGH FOUR CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. A GREAT SOLDIER AND A GREAT FRIEND.