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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert J. Furtaw

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Louis, Michigan

Honored By

Timothy J. Furtaw

Relationship

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Member of 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. Battles and Campaigns: Central Europe Campaign, Battle Star; Normandy Campaign, Battle Star; Rhineland Campaign, Battle Star. Wounds received in action: Head wound in France, June 6, 1944; Left hand, July 1944. Received Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster. Discharged from Wakeman General Hospital, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, January 22, 1946.