World War II Honoree

George Richard Berry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Buffalo, Ohio

Honored By

Margaret D. Berry

Relationship

Wife

HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY IN JANUARY 1941 AT FORT HAYES, OHIO AND DEPARTED FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN APRIL 1942. SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT (QUARTERMASTER SUPPLY, MILITARY OCCUPATION SPECIALTY) IN NEW GUINEA AND THE TONGAN ISLANDS. HE RETURNED TO CONTINENTAL U.S., DECEMBER 1943, WAS HOSPITALIZED ON THE WEST COAST FOR TREATMENT OF A TROPICAL DISEASE AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO BATTEY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN ROME, GEORGIA WHERE HE SERVED IN FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WAR. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AND WAS SEPARATED FROM MILITARY SERVICE AT CAMP ATTERBURY, IN JUNE 1945.