WWII

Siamon Anderson "Buddy" Connell

Rate / Rank
S Sergeant

Birthdate
January 31 1921

Date of Death
November 24 2002

Branch
USAAC

Active Duty Service
August 18 1942 - February 11 1946

Significant Duty Stations

Enlisted; Camp Forrest, Tennessee.
Tyndall Air Field, Florida
Discharged; Fort McPherson, Georgia.

Decorations & Citations

American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal
Sharpshooter (rifle and carbine)

Notes

US Army service number 14-156-371. Born; Grady County, Georgia. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1939. Attended South Georgia College, Douglas, Georgia. Owner and operator of Connell's Grocery, Reno, Georgia. Agent with Farm Bureau Insurance Company retiring in 1985. Father of SPC E4 David Anderson Connell US Army. Brother of PHM 2 Cater Lloyd Connell US Navy and Corporal Henry Buell Connell, Sr. US Army. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.