World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Lonnis Jelette Pearce
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Colerain, North Carolina
Honored By
David, Gary, Carolyn, and JoAnn
Relationship
Children
DEPARTED U.S. FOR OVERSEAS DUTY IN MAY 1943. LANDED ORAN, NORTH AFRICA, MOVED TO KAIROVAN, NORTH AFRICA, MOVED TO BIZERTE STAGING AREA JULY, 1943 FOR SICILY, PALERMO, ON TO ROME-ARNO (3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS FOR SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO. RETURNED TO U.S. IN NOVEMBER 1945.