World War II Honoree

Kenneth R. Courtright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 9 FEBRUARY 1944 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AS A LIGHT TRUCK DRIVER (345). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 28 JULY 1944 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 850TH SIGNAL BATTALION THROUGH THE ROME-ARNO AND NORTHERN APENNINES CAMPAIGNS. EARNED THE MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD, THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE SIGNAL CORPS AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ON 5 JANUARY 1946 AT CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS.