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Pfc Paul G. Scarborough attended 1 year of college and was a retail manager before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina, on 7 September 1943.

He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. The citation reads in part: "Pfc Scarborough was a member of an eighteen-man patrol which had been sent to obtain badly needed ammunition and rations for their company, which had been taken and had been defending a German town against numerous enemy counter-attacks for four days. As the patrol approached the town from which they were to procure supplies, the town was subjected to intense shelling by enemy rockets.
The patrol took over in shell holes and ditches during the barrage. Upon cessation of the rocket barrage the patrol arose to continue on their mission but was immediately pinned down by automatic weapons fire from an enemy patrol. As speed was essential in getting the needed supplies to the company, Pfc Scarborough volunteered to act as a scout and make a run for it, the patrol to cover him and knock out the enemy patrol. The plan succeeded. The enemy patrol was routed but Pfc Scarborough fell mortally wounded."