World War II Honoree

Carrel Edward Grantham

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Georgia

Honored By

Carrel, Steven & Bruce Grantham

Relationship

Sons

HE ENLISTED ON JULY 3, 1942 AT FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA. SENT TO FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA FROM JULY 10, 1942 TO OCTOBER 16, 1942. HE WAS FURLOUGHED FROM JUNE 16, 1944 TO JULY 2, 1944 AND FROM OCTOBER 19, 1944 TO OCTOBER 23, 1944. HE LEFT FOR EUROPE ON DECEMBER 9, 1944 AND ARRIVED IN SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND DECEMBER 21, 1944. HE LEFT THE UNITED KINGDOM ON JANUARY 11, 1945, ARRIVING IN FRANCE JANUARY 13 AND LEAVING FOR BELGIUM ON JANUARY 22. HE LEFT BELGIUM ON JANUARY 24 FOR LUXEMBOURG, ARRIVING JANUARY 25. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FROM FEBRUARY 23 UNTIL MARCH 25 WHEN HE LEFT LUXEMBOURG FOR GERMANY, THEN LEAVING GERMANY ON JULY 7 FOR FRANCE, HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON JULY 8. HE LEFT SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND ON AUGUST 17 1945 AND ARRIVED IN NEW YORK ON AUGUST 21, 1945. HE WAS ON RECUPERATION FROM AUGUST 26 UNTIL OCTOBER 12 WHEN HE WENT TO CAMP GORDON ON NOVEMBER 3 AND WAS DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 5, 1945. SERVED IN THE U.S. FOR 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. HIS FOREIGN SERVICE WAS 8 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS.