James R. Hendrix

James Richard Hendrix was a United States Army master sergeant and a recipient of the United States militarys highest decoration for valorthe Medal of Honorfor his actions in Belgium during World War II.

Hendrix was born and raised in Lepanto, Arkansas, the oldest child of a sharecropper with fourteen children. He left elementary school at West Side after the third grade to work in the fields in order to help his family at home. He learned marksmanship skills while hunting for food. In 1943, at age 18, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He was sent to basic training in Florida, the first time he had been more than a few miles from his hometown.He became a member of the 4th Armored Division after basic training.

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