World War II Honoree

Earle Benjamin Gilpatrick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boothbay, Maine

Honored By

Sarah Sherman Brewer

Relationship

Friend

Drafted into the Army on October 20, 1942, at the age of 30. He served with Headquarters Company, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) in the Ardennes and Rhineland as a heavy truck driver. He was discharged from the Army at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on December 28, 1945 after serving three years, three months and eight days. He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Medal, American Theater Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and a Distinguished Unit Badge.