World War II Honoree

Gerald Ray Coker, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Turbeville, South Carolina

Honored By

James O. Sweeny

Relationship

Classmate

SECOND LIEUTENANT, ENTERED INTO ACTIVE DUTY AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA ON APRIL 1, 1941. WITH HIS UNIT, THE 367TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE LOUISIANA MANEUVERS IN THE FALL OF 1941, AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA IN MARCH OF 1942. FROM THERE HE WENT ON OVERSEAS DUTY AT ADAK IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. HE WAS RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA ON OCTOBER 23, 1946.