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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Edwin Gilroy

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Champaign, Illinois

Honored By

Self

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED ON DECEMBER 7, 1942. CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN MARCH 1943. ASSIGNED TO 19 DIFFERENT STATES. FINAL STATESIDE ASSIGNMENT WAS DREW FIELD, FLORIDA. LEFT THE U.S. IN DECEMBER 1945 FOR KUNMING, CHINA; ARRIVED IN JANUARY 1945. SPENT TEN MONTHS IN KUNMING OPERATING THE MAIN RADAR. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL IN AUGUST 1945. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN LATE DECEMBER 1945. RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN JANUARY 1946 WITH RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS.