World War II Honoree
Served Their Country
Samuel Vernon Guthrie
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Berrien County, Georgia
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
Relationship
Friend
He was drafted into the US Army on January 7, 1942. He served in the European Theater as a light machine gunner with the 5th Infantry Division, attached to Patton's Third Army. He was in the second wave on D-Day on June 7, 1944 at Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge.