World War II Honoree

Henry Clay Wilson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Middletown, Ohio

Honored By

J. Larry Helton, Jr.

Relationship

Great-nephew

INDUCTED AUGUST 10, 1942 AT FORT THOMAS, KENTUCKY. SERVED AS A COOK, THEN A MEDIC WITH 20TH FIELD HOSPITAL; TECHNICIAN 4TH GRADE. SERVED IN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE. RECEIVED ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE STARS AND 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT SEPARATION CENTER, INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA ON NOVEMBER 18, 1945.