WWII

Lindsey "Spoon" Weatherspoon

Rate / Rank
Sergeant

Birthdate
August 4 1924

Date of Death
August 31 2012

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
May 5 1943 - February 14 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

European Theater of Operations
August 6, 1944 - January 23 1946
Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort Benning, Georgia. Discharged; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
3440th Quartermaster Truck Company

Decorations & Citations

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze stars
American Campaign Medal; Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Cairo, Georgia. Home of record; 332 7th St., Cairo, Georgia. Undergraduate degree in Agriculture from Savannah State College. Graduate degree in Animal Science from Kansas State University. Burial; Prairie View Cemetery, Prairie View, Walker County, Texas.