World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Sidney William Dula
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lenoir, North Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS THE POLICE CHIEF OF LENOIR BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE ARMY IN JANUARY 1941. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 424TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 106TH INFANTRY 'GOLDEN LION' DIVISION. LANDED IN FRANCE ON DECEMBER 5, 1944 AND MOVED TO THE SCHNEE EIFEL SECTOR OF BELGIUM ON DECEMBER 10, 1944. THE GERMAN ARDENNES COUNTEROFFENSIVE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) STRUCK HIS REGIMENT AT WINTERSPELT ON DECEMBER 16, 1944. HIS REGIMENT WAS PUSHED BACK ACROSS THE OUR RIVER AND ASSISTED IN THE DEFENSE OF ST. VITH FROM DECEMBER 20-21, 1944. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.