World War II Honoree

Joseph Howard Whichard

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Martin County, North Carolina

Honored By

An Indebted American

SERVED IN EUROPE. WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF HUERTGEN FOREST NEAR HUERTGEN, GERMANY DURING NOVEMBER 1944. RECIPIENT OF THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, A PURPLE HEART WITH ONE OAK LEAF CLUSTER, A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL. SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT.