World War II Honoree

Jerome J. Gilden

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Louis, Missouri

Honored By

Richard M. Thomas

Relationship

Friend

SERVED DECEMBER 1943 TO MARCH 1946. SERVED IN INFANTRY AS AN INFANTRY SCOUT, COMPANY F AND INTELLIGENCE AND RECONNAISSANCE PLATOON, 253RD REGIMENT. COMMUNICATIONS SERGEANT. SQUAD LEADER IN BATTLE PATROL. VOLUNTEER GROUP ORGANIZED TO PROBE BEHIND ENEMY LINES. RECEIVED AMERICAN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON (RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE), PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, 3 BRONZE STAR MEDALS FOR HEROISM UNDER FIRE, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, 2 OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS. BATTLE WITH 17TH SS PANZER DIVISION IN APRIL 1945.