T/5 Benjamin F. Thigpen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thigpen, Graham, attended Graham School. Entered Army, 1942, trained in Ore., Ft. Lewis, Wash., Camp Beale, Cal. and Camp San Luis Obispo, Cal. Served in Pacific, Leyte and Okinawa. Awarded GCM, Victotry, APO Ribbon with 2 Battle Stars, Phil. Lib., 2 Stars, ATO, Bronze assalt Arrowhead, Merit. Unit Cit., 2 foreign ser. bars. Discharged in 1946.