World War II Honoree

Oscar Hawley Rawlinson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Florence, South Carolina

Honored By

Nelson McLeod

Relationship

Cousin

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMY (INFANTRY) ON 23 DECEMBER 1942. TRAINED AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI. OVERSEAS SERVICE IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM 17 OCTOBER 1944 UNTIL 11 JULY 1945. AWARDED BRONZE STAR MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE SERVICE STARS FOR RHINELAND, ARDENNES, AND CENTRAL EUROPE, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN CANNON COMPANY, 112TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 28TH DIVISION FROM CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI ON 16 JANUARY 1946.