World War II Honoree

Charles Wallace Gum

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Mill Point, West Virginia

Honored By

Melissa Gwinn Payne Gum, Madeline Ruth & Max L.

Relationship

Wife, Sister & Brother

DRAFTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY. SERVED IN THE 201ST ANTI-TANK COMPANY, FORT GREELEY, KODIAK, ALASKA. TRANSFERRED TO THE ANTI-TANK COMPANY, 350TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 88TH INFANTRY DIVISION (BLUE DEVIL) AT CAMP GRUBER, OKLAHOMA. THE 88TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS THE FIRST ALL DRAFTEE DIVISION PLACED IN COMBAT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS IN ITALY FROM NAPLES, THROUGH ROME TO THE ITALIAN ALPS, BASSANO, ITALY. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH FOREIGN SERVICE CLASP, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, SHARPSHOOTER BADGE AND HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.