Powless, Elmer S.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: POWL.E001
• _FGRAVE: 19421063
• Military Service: World War II, Technician Fifth Grade, Company B, 741st Railway Operating Battalion, United States Army

Notes:

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on January 18, 1944 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Selected for the Transportation Corps, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Locomotive Mechanic (112). Departed the U.S. on September 20, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company B, 741st Railway Operating Battalion through the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned The Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Technician 5th Grade on November 12, 1945 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

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: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2051624

Family/Spouse: ?, Lula. Lula was born on 15 Jun 1904; died on 18 Jun 1996; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]