World War II Honoree

James L. Barrett

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Woodbury, Tennessee

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 11 JULY, 1941 AT FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, ATTENDED THE ARMY COOK AND BAKER’S SCHOOL AND SERVED AS A COOK (060) WITH A MILITARY POLICE UNIT AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI. DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1944 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO THE 202ND GENERAL HOSPITAL AND SERVED IN FRANCE TILL 27 DECEMBER 1945 WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AS A TECHNICIAN 4TH GRADE ON 21 JANUARY 1946 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA.