World War II Honoree

Warren Scott Oliver

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 5 AUGUST 1943. TRAINED AS A WAREHOUSEMAN AND DRIVER, DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 22 FEBRUARY 1944 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. OPERATED IN THE NAPLES-FOGGIA REGION OF ITALY UNTIL RETURNED TO THE U.S. ON 1 SEPTEMBER 1944. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM COMPANY C, 3RD CHEMICAL MORTAR BATTALION AS A TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE ON 14 FEBRUARY 1946.