World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Clyde Herbert Monson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Gunnison, Colorado
Honored By
Marshall Monson
Relationship
Son
FORWARD OBSERVER, 997TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. TRAINED AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI AND FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA AND WAS PART OF D-DAY INVASION AT OMAHA BEACH. SERVED AT ST. LO, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, THE ARDENNES, AND MANY OTHER BATTLES ACROSS EUROPE, INCLUDING BATTLE FOR THE RHINE AND THE INVASION OF GERMANY.