William E. Sherrill was born in Bryson City, North Carolina, and currently lives in Greenville, South Carolina. He had an on again, off again relationship with the United States military that began with his childhood as the son of a career member of the Air Force. His relationship with the military continued when he joined the Army upon his graduation from High School in 1973.Later he was in the Army Reserves and, later still, in the South Carolina Army National Guard, with whom he served in combat in Iraq, and from which he finally retired in 2008 after having earned two Meritorious Service M...