| Name |
Hemphill, Harold D. |
| Birth |
4 Jan 1923 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
HEMP.H003 |
| _FGRAVE |
22080519 |
| Military Service |
World War II, Corporal, Battery Z, 497th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, United States Army [2, 3] |
- Entered active service as a draftee on January 18, 1943. Trained as an Anti-Aircraft Artillery Crewman and departed the Continental U.S. on November 2, 1943 bound for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Served with Battery Z, 497th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Earned The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, The Philippine Liberation Medal, The WWII Victory Medal and The Good Conduct Medal. Honorably discharged from the service at Fort Custer, Michigan on January 22, 1946.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1887446
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Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007
On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans.
Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event.
This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. … |
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Military Service Ribbons, Hemphill, Harold D. (1923-1999)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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World War II Honoree, Hemphill, Harold D. (1923-1999)
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American Campaign Medal, United States
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American Campaign Medal, United States Military
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
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Corporal, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces
(Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
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Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
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Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
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Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
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United States Army
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
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United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,… |
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World War II
(1939-1945) |
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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| Death |
9 Oct 1999 |
Flora, Clay County, Illinois  [1] |
| Burial |
Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois [1] |
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Headstone, Hemphill, Harold D. and Wanda J.
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| Person ID |
I28218 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
19 Jul 2023 |
English
1923 - 1999 (76 years)
