World War II Honoree

Loren G. Mullins

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Louisville, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 18 APRIL 1945 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF LIGHT TRUCK DRIVER (345). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 9 OCTOBER 1945 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED WITH THE 334TH STATION HOSPITAL NEAR TOKYO, JAPAN. EARNED THE MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL (JAPAN). HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AS A CORPORAL ON 10 OCTOBER 1946 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.