World War II Honoree

Roy Irvin Newton

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Moran, Texas

Honored By

Prosper N. Walker

Relationship

Friend

ENLISTED IN COMPANY L, 142ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION, TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD ON OCTOBER 15, 1940 AT BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS. AFTER BEING INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY, THE 142ND REGIMENT MADE AN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT AT PAESTUM NEAR SALERNO, ITALY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1943. THIS WAS THE FIRST LANDING MADE BY U.S. FORCES IN EUROPE. WOUNDED IN BOTH LEGS ON DECEMBER 6, 1943 NEAR CASSINO, SPENT MANY MONTHS IN HOSPITALS OVERSEAS AND WAS SENT TO WILLIAM BEAUMONT GENERAL HOSPITAL AT FORT BLISS, EL PASO, TEXAS WHERE HE WAS MEDICALLY DISCHARGED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1944. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP BADGE, MACHINE GUNNER 2ND CLASS BADGE, PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE-EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON.