WWII

Lynwood Edwin Ponder

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
December 20 1918

Date of Death
September 6 1996

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
August 11 1941 - August 2 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

Dutch New Guinea,
Cristobal, Canal Zone December 10, 1941 - January 6, 1943.
Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, January 31, 1943 - December 2, 1944.

Significant Duty Stations

Infantry Replacement Training Course

Decorations & Citations

Combat Infantryman Badge
Purple Heart (Wounded May 24, 1944, Wakde, Dutch New Guinea)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
American Defense Medal; American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Grady County, Georgia. Brother of Sergeant Carl Ponder USMC, Corporal Clynwood Ponder US Army and Corporal Joseph Henry Ponder US Army. Burial; Spring Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.