World War II Honoree

David Arthur Berry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

David A. Berry, Jr., USMC

Relationship

Son

SERVED FROM APRIL 20, 1943 TO NOVEMBER 3, 1945. MEMBER OF THE 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION, TANK DESTROYER UNIT. PART OF A THREE MAN MORTAR TEAM. FOUGHT IN SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS IN FRANCE AND LUXEMBOURG. CAPTURED IN THE HUERTGEN FOREST IN NOVEMBER 1944. SPENT ALMOST A YEAR IN A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE AND WAS WOUNDED.