World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Hugh I. Wray
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lenox, Iowa
Honored By
Hugh I. Wray
DRAFTED JANUARY 21, 1943. COMPLETED MEDICAL TRAINING AT CAMP BARKELEY, TEXAS. SURGICAL TECHNICIAN. SENT TO ENGLAND AND PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE DISPENSARY UNTIL JULY 6, 1944. SENT TO LE HAVRE, FRANCE, DECEMBER 15, 1944. CARED FOR THE SICK AND INJURED SOLDIERS ABOARD A TROOP TRAIN. ON JANUARY 15, 1945, SENT TO THE 326TH MEDICAL COMPANY, 17TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. TRAINED FOR GLIDERS. FLEW BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN GERMANY AND SET UP A HOSPITAL UNIT, BROUGHT IN THE WOUNDED. LATER WENT TO INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA, WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION. HONORABLY DISCHARGED DECEMBER 31, 1945. AWARDED WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 2 BATTLE STARS, BRONZE SERVICE ARROWHEAD, 5 OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.