World War II Honoree

Henry Clay Nisewarner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Honored By

Jeffrey Scott Mason

Relationship

GRANDSON

WAS FIGHTING IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, WHEN HE RECEIVED A WOUND TO HIS LEG. HE STAYED IN POSITION AND CONTINUED TO FIGHT AS HIS POSITION WAS OVERRUN. WHEN HE WAS FOUND LATER, SUPPOSEDLY DEAD, SIX DEAD GERMANS WERE IN HIS AREA OF FIRE. HE WAS SO SEVERELY WOUNDED THEY LOADED ON THE BODY RECOVERY TRUCK WHEN HE GRUNTED, SAVING HIS LIFE. DECEASED: SEPTEMBER 27, 1989.