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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Virgil Homer Drissel

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Antonio, Texas

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

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Activity During WWII

HE JOINED THE ARMY IN 1939 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO FORT LEE, VIRGINIA AND FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENTERING THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS IN 1945. HE SERVED IN HEIDELBERG AND STUTTGART, GERMANY. RECEIVED TWO AWARDS OF THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL AND THE LEGION OF MERIT. HE RETIRED IN 1966 AS A COLONEL.