World War II Honoree

Frank Duncan

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Middlesboro, Kentucky

Honored By

Judy Duncan Blakley

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN 82ND REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY WAS AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDED EXPERT CARBINE MARKSMAN. COMPLETED MACHINE-GUN MECHANICS SCHOOL IN NORTHERN IRELAND. SERVED AS A PARATROOPER; LANDED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE JUNE 6, 1944. ALSO AT BATTLE OF ST. LO JUNE 28, 1944. WOUNDED IN ACTION 1944. DISCHARGED HONORABLY SEPTEMBER 1, 1945. RECIPIENT OF EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE-EASTERN THEATRE MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.