World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas Sydenham Witherspoon, II
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Dallas, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a Captain and as Commanding Officer of Company K, Third Battalion, Twenty-fifth Marines, Fourth Marine Division in action against Japanese forces on Tinian, Mariana Islands during July 1944. Awarded the silver star for gallantry in action and the purple heart.