World War II Honoree

Victor Leeland Wolford

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Galien, Michigan

Honored By

Don Wolford

Relationship

Son

SERVED 11 MONTHS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN A COMBAT INFANTRY DIVISION. HE WAS WITH COMPANY L, 261ST INFANTRY FROM CAMP ATTERBURY INDIANA. RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT IN RECOGNITION OF CONSPICUOUSLY MERITORIOUS AND OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF MILITARY DUTY FROM ACTIONS HE TOOK DURING COMBAT IN GERMANY. THE CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED BY COLONEL WILLIAM E. CARRAWAY. DATE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE MAY 27, 1944. DATE OF HONORABLE DISCHARGE DECEMBER 18, 1945.