WWII

Council Emory Holton

Rate / Rank
TEC E5

Birthdate
February 13 1912

Date of Death
September 25 1995

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
January 20 1943 - February 22 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific Theater of Operations June 19, 1945 - February 4, 1946

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
American Campaign Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal
Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal
Sharpshooter; (rifle) Marksman; (Browning Automatic Rifle)

Notes

US Army service number 34-685-131. Born; Grady County, Georgia. Home of record; Rt. 3, Cairo, Georgia. At end of the war, Council returned to his grocery store in Reno, Georgia. Brother of PFC Cecil C. Holton US Army. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.