World War II Honoree

Henry Armondo Aguilera

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wichita, Kansas

Honored By

Edward L. Brown

Relationship

Stepson

ENLISTED U.S. ARMY, NOVEMBER 1942. SERVED IN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ATTU; MAY 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1944. EARNED A BATTLE STAR, THREE OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE RIBBON. DECEMBER 1944, SHIPPED TO EUROPE, ASSIGNED TO PATTON’S THIRD ARMY, QUARTERMASTER TRUCKING COMPANY. AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL BATTLE STAR, TWO OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE RIBBON. RETURNED TO THE U.S. TWELVE MONTHS LATER ON THE TROOP SHIP ALEXANDRIA. MUSTERING OUT IN JANUARY 1946, AT CAMP CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS.