World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas Burbank Grainger
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wilmington, North Carolina
Honored By
VMI-Mc'43
HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1941 - 1946. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 5TH ARMORED DIVISION AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, THEN SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S STAFF. HE RETIRED AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL.