World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James J. Wheatley
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Springfield, Kentucky
Honored By
Maudie Baker Mattingly Wheatley and Deborah Ann Wheatley Ballard
Relationship
Wife and Daughter
SERGEANT, SERIAL NUMBER 35707924, 2517TH ARMY AIR FORCES BASE UNIT, WAS A MILITARY POLICEMAN 677, ARRIVED OVERSEAS 24 MAY 1944, DEPARTED EUROPE 1ST AUGUST 1944, RECEIVED BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR, PURPLE HEART FOR GUNSHOT WOUND IN RIGHT ARM ON 11 JULY 1944 IN NORMANDY. RECEIVED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, INDUCTED 16 AUGUST 1943, HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON 16 MARCH 1946.