World War II Honoree

Clifton N. Henderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wallace, North Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT.