World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth Chandler Eastham
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Bessemer, Alabama
Honored By
His Family
2ND LIEUTENANT. RECEIVED TWO HONORABLE DISCHARGES. THE FIRST ON JUNE 17, 1945 WITH THE RANK OF 1ST SERGEANT. HE LANDED ON NORMANDY BEACH ON D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944. HE WAS ALSO IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, DECEMBER 1944 IN BELGIUM. CONTINUED IN BATTLE THROUGH NORTHERN FRANCE AND CENTRAL EUROPE. HE WAS AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH THREE BRONZE STARS, AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN JUNE 1945 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. HIS SECOND HONORABLE DISCHARGE WAS ISSUED APRIL 1, 1953.