Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Danville, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Edwards
SERVED WITH 2ND RANGER BATTALION IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND AND LAGARA, FRANCE AND ALSO IN REPLACEMENT DEPOT IN ROTKIN, GERMANY. ALSO SERVED WITH 38TH CALVARY. HONOREE WAS SWORN-IN ON HIS BIRTHDAY JUNE 6, 1944 (D-DAY) AND SERVED UNTIL APRIL 1946. RECEIVED WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN, 3 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, 1 OVERSEAS BAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.