World War II Honoree

Raymond A. Yeatts

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Danville, Virginia

Honored By

Paul A. Frederickson

INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY AT FORT LEE, VIRGINIA ON AUGUST 11, 1943 AND THEN HAD BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA. DEPARTED NEW YORK FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE ON MARCH 23, 1944. JOINED BATTERY A OF THE 941ST FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION (ATTACHED TO V CORPS OF THE FIRST ARMY) AT EXETER, ENGLAND. SERVED AS A CANNONEER IN THIS OUTFIT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. LANDED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE ON JUNE 14, 1944 AND SUBSEQUENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLES OF NORMANDY, THE FALAISE GAP, THE SIEGFRIED LINE, THE HUERTGEN FOREST, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND THE RHINE RIVER CROSSING. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN THEATER SERVICE RIBBON WITH 5 CAMPAIGN STARS (NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE AND CENTRAL EUROPE). RETURNED TO THE U.S. ON NOVEMBER 18, 1945 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY ON NOVEMBER 23, 1945.