WWII

Orris Hoyt Burroughs

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
April 5 1922

Date of Death
March 14 2010

Branch
USAAC

Active Duty Service
October 28 1942 - January 16 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific

Significant Duty Stations

Spence Field, Moultrie, Georgia; Medic; Hickam Field, Hawaii

Decorations & Citations

Good Conduct Medal; Commendation Award for saving a pilot's life.
(The pilot's plane crashed and Orris had to tear off the plane's door to get the pilot out, he then performed CPR on the pilot and transferred him to the hospital).
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

US Army service number 14-182-616. Born; Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia. Commander, American Legion Post 122 Grady County, 2004-5. Retired as an insurance agent for Life of Georgia. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.