WWII

Howard Thrower, Jr.

Rate / Rank
RM 2

Birthdate
May 12 1924

Date of Death
March 4 2014

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
February 10 1943 - February 9 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Atlantic Theater of Operations

Significant Duty Stations

Armed Guard on SS Henry H. Blood and SS Wendell Phillips

Decorations & Citations

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Cairo, Georgia. Commander, Grady County, Georgia American Legion Post 122 1968/69. Son of Private Howard Thrower, Sr. US Army. Owner and operator of W. H. Robinson Company, Cairo, Georgia. Greens keeper for Cairo Country Club golf course. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.