World War II Honoree

Howard A. Berger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

ENLISTED U. S. ARMY, NOVEMBER 13, 1942 AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY. ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP STEWART, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 1942. SERVED INITIAL ASSIGNMENTS WITH THE 454TH AND 490TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALIONS AT CAMP STEWART, GEORGIA. NEXT ASSIGNED TO BATTERY D, 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (SP), CAMP STEWART, GEORGIA AS ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY FIRE CONTROL ELECTRICIAN ON M16A1 HALF TRACK (QUAD .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUN). WARTIME SERVICE WITH BATTERY D, 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (MOBILE), AS BOFORS 40MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN COMMANDER, IN REGION OF GERMANY FROM AACHEN, EUSKIRCHEN AND KONIGSWINTER, TO ESSEN, BLECKEDE, HAGENOW AND BOLTENHAGEN VICINITIES. OCCUPATION SERVICE WITH BATTERY D, 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (MOBILE), IN BAVARIAN REGION FROM SURHEIM, TO SEEBRUCK AND NURNBERG, GERMANY. LATER OCCUPATION SERVICE ASSIGNMENT TO HEADQUARTERS, U.S. FORCES AUSTRIA. HONORABLY DISCHARGED MARCH 5, 1946 FROM U.S. FORCES AUSTRIA, VIENNA, AUSTRIA. RANK STAFF SERGEANT. AWARDED AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGN STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY) AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.