World War II Honoree

Elmer Louis O'Guin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waverly, Tennessee

Honored By

Dorothy Cook O'Guin

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED SERVICE IN 1942; TRAINED AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA. SERVED IN 101ST AIRBORNE AND COMPANY A, 401ST GLIDER INFANTRY. FOUGHT IN THE NORMANDY INVASION AND WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY). DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE IN 1945.