World War II Honoree

Walter L. Crooks

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Greenville, South Carolina

Honored By

Walter L. Crooks

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE RIBBON WITH 3 CAMPAIGN STARS, BRONZE STAR, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. WAS PART OF COMPANY H, 95TH INFANTRY DIVISION, ALSO KNOWN AS THE IRON MEN OF METZ. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS OF METZ, FRANCE; THE MAGINOT LINE AND SOUTHERN FRANCE. ENTERED IN OCTOBER 1942 AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AUGUST 1945 WITH THE RANK PRIVATE FIRST CLASS.