World War II Honoree

Louis Coke

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lyndonville, New York

Honored By

Family

JOINED THE ARMY ON 17 SEPTEMBER 1943. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER AS MEMBER OF COMPANY B, 327TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION, 102ND INFANTRY (OZARK) DIVISION FROM SEPTEMBER 1944 TO SEPTEMBER 1945, DURING WHICH TIME HE DROVE IN THE RED BALL EXPRESS. FOUGHT IN THE FOREST, TOOK PART IN THE ROER RIVER CROSSING, WENT ON TO KREFELD, THE RHINE AND THE ELBE RIVER. THERE THEY MAINTAINED DEFENSIVE POSITIONS UNTIL 7 MAY 1945 WHEN HOSTILITIES WERE DECLARED ENDED. IN SEPTEMBER 1945, TRANSFERRED TO COMPANY B, 1ST ENGINEERS UNTIL HE CAME HOME IN MARCH 1946 AND RECEIVED HONORABLE DISCHARGE.