World War II Honoree

Robert Allen Chantrill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Rexburg, Idaho

Honored By

Susan Gordon

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED IN 1940 FOR 1 YEAR IN THE IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD WHICH WAS NATIONALIZED INTO THE U.S. ARMY APRIL 1941. DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 1945. HIGHEST GRADE ACHIEVED WAS TECHNICIAN 3RD GRADE IN COMMUNICATIONS. WENT TO EUROPE WITH 103RD INFANTRY DIVISION OCTOBER 1944 AS A WIRE MAN. HIS JOB WAS TO STRING WIRE BETWEEN THE COMPANY CAMP AND BATTALION CAMP. HE LANDED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, WENT THROUGH SOUTHERN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA TO ITALY. THERE HE HOOKED UP WITH THE 5TH DIVISION AT BRENNER PASS AS THE WAR ENDED. AFTER DUTY IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS, HE SAILED FROM LE HAVRE, FRANCE TO BOSTON AND HOME.