World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Roy J. Hammaker
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS FROM 1942 THROUGH 1946. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL DETACHMENT OF THE 342ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, THE 86TH BLACK HAWK DIVISION AND WAS A RECIPIENT OF THREE PRESIDENTIAL CITATIONS AND ELEVEN COMBAT MEDALS, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION AGAINST AN ARMED ENEMY, AWARDED BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.