World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Arthur Stanley Rainwater
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 112TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS.