World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Cecil Willard Dykes
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Colquitt County, Georgia
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
Served as a radio operator/gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber with the Eighth Air Squadron. His squadron completed nineteen missions over Germany. He was awarded an Air Medal and two bronze oak leaf clusters, the WWII Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars.