World War II Honoree

Onnie Michael Hartsell, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Greeneville, Tennessee

Honored By

Drs. David and Joan Ashcraft

Relationship

Friends

DRAFTED AND INDUCTED AT FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA OCTOBER 28, 1942. GRADUATED CLERICAL SCHOOL IN ABILENE, TEXAS; ASSIGNED TO 32ND GENERAL HOSPITAL AS CHIEF CLERK. (THIS UNIQUE HOSPITAL WAS SPONSORED BY AND STAFFED WITH DOCTORS AND NURSES FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN BLOOMINGTON.) UNIT TOOK PART IN NORMANDY INVASION AND WAS LOCATED IN AACHEN, GERMANY. SERVED 3 YEARS IN MEDICAL CORPS UNDER MAJOR GENERAL PAUL R. HAWLEY, CHIEF SURGEON, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, U.S. ARMY. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA OCTOBER 19, 1945. RECIPIENT OF PURPLE HEART, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE STARS. RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT.