World War II Honoree

Cary W. Able

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lexington, Missouri

Honored By

Connie Able Kmeyer & Willard C. Able

Relationship

Children

ENLISTED AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS SEPTEMBER 20, 1940. IN JUNE 1942 AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS, BECAME TECHNICIAN 4TH GRADE, 402ND SEPARATE COAST ARTILLERY ANT-AIRCRAFT BATTALION. IN MARCH 1944, COMPLETED RADAR SCHOOL AT CAMP STEWART, GEORGIA. SERVED ON SAIPAN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER FROM OCTOBER 1944 TO NOVEMBER 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE 33RD COAST ARTILLERY BATTALION IN NOVEMBER 1945 AT FORT MACARTHUR, CALIFORNIA.