WWII

Homer Gordon Powell

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
November 17 1926

Date of Death
January 22 1996

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
March 17 1945 - December 25 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific Theater of Operations, November 8, 1945 - October 23, 1946

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
52nd Signal Battalion
Discharged; Camp Beale, California

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal
Occupation Medal (Japan); Sharpshooter (rifle).

Notes

SSN 254-32-0777. US Army service number 44-076-965. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Home of record; 40 3rd Ave. SW, Cairo, Georgia. Brother of Electrician 3rd Class John August Powell, Jr. US Navy and LT Colonel William Young Powell US Air Force, Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1943