World War II Honoree

Henry Ayer Raysor, II

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Orangeburg, South Carolina

Honored By

James O. Sweeny

Relationship

Classmate

HE ENTERED SERVICE AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN NOVEMBER, 1940. AFTER INITIAL TRAINING, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE AND TO THE 3RD CHEMICAL BATTALION. THE BATTALION SAW SERVICE IN NORTH AFRICA AND SICILY AND IN LATE 1943 IN ITALY. ON JANUARY 12, 1944, HE, THEN COMPANY COMMANDER OF C COMPANY, WAS OCCUPYING A BUILDING NEAR CERASUOLO, ITALY, WHEN AN ENEMY PLANE DROPPED A BOMB ON THE BUILDING, INSTANTLY KILLING HIM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS COMPANY. HIS REMAINS WERE LATER BURIED IN WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.