World War II Honoree

Hugh Abrum Gilchrist

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Edgefield, South Carolina

Honored By

James O. Sweeny

Relationship

Classmate

HE WAS CALLED INTO ACTIVE DUTY ON MAY 5, 1942 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI, WHERE HE SERVED THROUGHOUT THE WAR. HE REMAINED IN THE SERVICE AT WAR'S END AND WAS ASSIGNED TO OCCUPATION DUTY IN GERMANY ON JULY 17, 1946. AFTER NUMEROUS DOMESTIC AND OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS, HE RETIRED IN 1962 AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL. HE HAD EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY), BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AND THE KOREA SERVICE MEDAL.