World War II Honoree

Thomas Wesley Oakley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waverly, Tennessee

Honored By

Lillie Florence Oakley

Relationship

Wife

INDUCTED INTO SERVICE, MAY 1944 AND WAS SHIPPED OVERSEAS AFTER ONLY 4 MONTHS TRAINING. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY G, 328TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 26TH INFANTRY DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLE CAMPAIGNS OF ARDENNES (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA ON MARCH 10, 1946 WITH RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT.