World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Gilbert Haynes
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Pennington Gap, Kentucky
Honored By
Paul & Sharon King
EXCEPT FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN DECEMBER 1928 AND JULY 1929 CHARLES GILBERT HAYNES SERVED AS AN ENLISTED MAN IN THE ARMY, SERVICE NUMBER: 6636733. ENLISTED IN 1924 AND WAS DISCHARGED IN 1942 TO ACCEPT A COMMISSION OF 1ST LIEUTENANT SERIAL #0481801, WHICH HE HELD UNTIL HE WAS RELEASED FROM SERVICE IN 1945 WITH A 70% DISABILITY. SERVED IN ALASKA UNTIL HE WAS INJURED BY BEING THROWN FROM A RAILROAD HAND CAR, WHICH BROKE HIS BACK. TOOK A DESK JOB AT FORT FRANCIS E. WARREN IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING.