World War II Honoree

Hurlon Conwell Ray

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Owensville, Arkansas

Honored By

Arnold A. Wright

Relationship

Friend

JOINED THE MARINE CORPS MAY 7, 1943 AND SENT TO SAN DIEGO CORPS BASE IN CALIFORNIA FOR BOOT TRAINING. SENT TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA FOR ADVANCED TRAINING. SHIPPED OVERSEAS TO GUADALCANAL. ASSIGNED TO AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, 3RD MARINE DIVISION. HE AND 25 MORE MARINES WERE SENT TO THE ISLAND OF TRUK TO GUARD THE 18,000 JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR. DISCHARGED APRIL 26, 1946.