World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Everette A. Wyrick
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lexington, North Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 505TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 20TH AIR FORCE BASED AT NORTH FIELD ON THE ISLAND OF TINIAN. PARTICIPATED IN THE AIR OFFENSIVE-JAPAN, WESTERN PACIFIC AND EASTERN MANDATES CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION WITH BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER FOR ACTIONS BY HIS UNIT AGAINST THE NAKAJIMA AIRCRAFT FACTORY AT OTA, JAPAN IN FEBRUARY 1945 AND FOR MINING THE SHIMONOSEKI STRAIT AND HARBORS OF THE INLAND SEA DURING JUNE AND JULY 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.