World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Sherman L. Coates
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Shirley, Massachusetts
Honored By
Charles B. Church, III
ENTERED FROM HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1943. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP GRANT IN ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO THE MEDICAL CORPS AND WAS SENT TO ENGLAND. SERVED WITH THE 21ST AMPHIBIOUS TRUCK BATTALION AS A COMPANY AIDE / MEDIC. SHIPPED OUT TO NORMANDY AND RAN SUPPLIES FROM SHIPS WHICH WERE ANCHORED AWAY FROM SHORE IN TO UTAH BEACH. WAS SERVING IN OKINAWA ON V-J DAY. AWARDS INCLUDE THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE MEDAL. AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT, RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1946.