World War II Honoree

Carroll Ray Ellis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Palmyra, Tennessee

Honored By

Sonya DeSilva

Relationship

Granddaughter

DECEMBER 1944, REPORTED FOR EXAMINATION FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA; FEBRUARY 1945, REPORTED FOR INDUCTION FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA; FEBRUARY 1945, OUTFITTED AT FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA; 1945, BASIC TRAINING, CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA; 1945, SPECIAL FORCES 49TH DOG SCOUT PLATOON, FORT ROBINSON, NEBRASKA 1945 4TH DIVISION CANNON COMPANY, CAMP BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA; 1945, CHEMICAL WARFARE SCHOOL, EDGEWOOD ARSENAL AND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, MARYLAND; 1946, NON-COMMISSIONED SCHOOL, 4TH DIVISION, CAMP BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA; 1946, INFANTRY SCHOOL, HEAVY TRUCK DRIVER, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA; 1946, PARACHUTE AND GLIDER TRAINING, THE AIRBORNE SCHOOL, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA; 1946, 501ST PARACHUTE INFANTRY COMPANY A (JUMPING GYPSIES), FORT BENNING, GEORGIA; 1946, HONORABLE DISCHARGE, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA; 1946-1949, U.S. ARMY INACTIVE RESERVES.