World War II Honoree

Lyndell P. Worthen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bush, Illinois

Honored By

Lyndell P. Worthen

Relationship

Self

Entered active service on September 26, 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Infantry basic for 6 weeks at Camp Walters, Mineral Wells, Texas. Assigned to the 13th armored division, 46th armored regiment in November 1942. Renamed the 46th armored tank battalion at Camp Beale, California: trained there until November 1943. Transferred to Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas. Deployed overseas in January 1945 to Le Havre, France. Campaigns: Rhineland and Central Europe. Awarded the American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 2 battle stars, good conduct medal and WWII Victory Medal. Discharged on November 5, 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California.