World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James D. Willard
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Richard City, Tennessee
Honored By
Ginger Willard
Relationship
Daughter
FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE. RECEIVED A HEAD INJURY FROM SHRAPNEL. WAS GIVEN NAME BY U.S. ARMY. WHEN HE ENLISTED, HE ONLY HAD THE GOD GIVEN NAME J. D. WILLARD. THE U.S. ARMY STATED HE HAD TO HAVE A FULL NAME, SO THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO GIVE HIM THE NAME AS HE IS KNOWn TODAY -- 'JAMES DAVIS WILLARD.'