World War II Honoree

Henry Dudley Gray

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Whitesville, West Virginia

Honored By

Carolyn J. Gray Caricofe

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON DECEMBER 10, 1943 AT HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA. WHILE IN BASIC TRAINING, HE ASSISTED THE PLATOON LEADER IN INSTRUCTING THE ENLISTED MEN. SUPERVISED A PLATOON OF ENLISTED MEN DURING VARIOUS FATIGUE DETAILS AND CLOSE ORDER DRILLS. INSTRUCTED MEN IN MALARIA CONTROL, MILITARY SANITATION AND SEX HYGIENE. DEPARTED CONTINENTAL U.S. ON AUGUST 7, 1944 AND ARRIVED THE THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON AUGUST 14, 1944. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS IN FRANCE, THE RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. POW IN GERMANY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF HIS EUROPEAN TOUR OF DUTY. DEPARTED EUROPE ON JUNE 4, 1945 AND ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES ON JUN2 12, 1945. DECORATIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDED THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 4 BATTLE STARS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, PURPLE HEART (FRANCE SEPTEMBER 28, 1944), EXPERT COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. SEPARATED FROM MILITARY SERVICE ON OCTOBER 16, 1945 AT CAMP ROBINSON, ARKANSAS.