William Paul White was born April 18. 1914 in Dripping Springs, Crawford Co., Ar. to William Otis & Jim Eva Jean White. November 24, 1940 Paul married Mable Charlotte Wells in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas, both being residents there. Paul registered for the military draft October 16, 1940 at Belle Point School in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. At that time he was employed at Moorman Meat Co, in Fort Smith. June 18, 1942 he enlisted in the US Army at Camp Josepth T Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas. In February 1945 Paul was wounded in action and admitted to the hospital. His wounds were described on his Hospital Admitance Card as "penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Shoulder; Location: Ankle region; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified; Diagnosis Medical Treatment Closure of wound, delayed, or Suture secondary of wound (delayed closure); Removal of foreign odies from others." He was returned to duty from General Hospital in March 1945. After the war Paul and Charlotte remained in California along with Paul's parents who moved there. William Paul White passed away March 11, 2012 one day after his wife Charlotte's death and they were buried in the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella, Merced Co., California.