NAME: Paul Lawrence Payne
ASN: 34285711
PLACE OF BIRTH: Alcoa, TN
DATE OF BIRTH: 05 Sep 1921
DATES OF SERVICE: 08 Jun 1942 - 18 Nov 1945
UNIT ASSIGNED:
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Hq Co 2nd Bn 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
CAMPAIGNS: Rome-Arno, Southern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe
AWARDS: Parachutist Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, EAME Campaign Medal with arrowhead device and four campaign stars, American Theater Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Distinguished (Presidential) Unit Citation
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
08 Jun 1942 - Enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, GA
13 Mar 1944 - Departed the US for North Africa
08 Apr 1944 - Arrived in Oujda, Tunisia for training at the Replacement Training Center
Transfered to the 509th PIB in Italy
15 Aug 1944 - Participated in Operation Dragoon the invasion of Southern France
22 Dec 1944 - 0645 hrs the 509th PIB moves out for Manhay, Belgium
15 Mar 1945 - Smallpox, Typhus and Typhoid Immunization
15 Apr 1945 - Tetanus Immunization
13 Nov 1945 - Arrived in US
18 Nov 1945 - Cpl. Paul Payne honorably discharged at Fort Knox, KY
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