WWII

Oscar Byron Cassels, Jr.

Rate / Rank
Corporal

Birthdate
August 2 1918

Date of Death
April 11 1993

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
June 14 1941 - November 25 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

European Theater of Operations
April 15, 1944 - October 19, 1945
Normandy; Ardennes; Rhineland; Northern France
Central Europe December - 1944 "Battle of the Bulge"

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia. Discharged; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
Battery A, 561st Field Artillery Battalion

Decorations & Citations

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver star
American Campaign Medal; American Defense Medal
Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

US Army service number 34-083-547. SSN 252-28-6797. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Home of record; Rt. 1, Cairo, Georgia. Burial; Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.