World War II Honoree

Lloyd W. White, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Washington, North Carolina

Honored By

Washington High School Alumni

U.S. ARMY FROM JANUARY 1943 TO FEBRUARY 1946. ASSIGNED TO 86TH INFANTRY DIVISION BAND AND SAW COMBAT AS JEEP DRIVER. ENTERED THE EUROPEAN THEATER AT LE HAVRE, FRANCE IN MARCH 1945 AND PARTICIPATED IN RUHR REGION CAMPAIGN. LEAD VEHICLE DRIVER IN MOTOR CONVOY TRANSPORTING THE RECOVERED HUNGARIAN IMPERIAL CROWN JEWELS FROM NEAR MATTSEE, AUSTRIA TO AMERICAN SECTOR IN AUGSBURG, GERMANY IN MAY 1945. RE-DEPLOYED TO U.S. IN JUNE 1945 AND THEN DEPLOYED TO PHILIPPINES IN AUGUST 1945. RETURNED TO U.S. FEBRUARY 1946 AND DISCHARGED AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.