Hemphill, Harold D. (b. 4 Jan 1923 - d. 9 Oct 1999): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

Hemphill, Harold D.

1923 - 1999 (76 years)

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
		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,…
		United States Army
		Corporal, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
		Military Service Ribbons, Hemphill, Harold D. (1923-1999) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
		American Campaign Medal, United States
		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
		World War II (1939-1945)
		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
		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. …
		World War II Honoree, Hemphill, Harold D. (1923-1999)
Death	9 Oct 1999	Flora, Clay County, Illinois [1]
Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois [1]
Burial		Headstone, Hemphill, Harold D. and Wanda J.
Person ID	I28218	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	19 Jul 2023