World War II Honoree

Arvil Leroy Oziah

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dallas, Oregon

Honored By

Mary Oziah, Deborah Scott, Valerie Pascal, Marcia Neudauer, Brian & Kevin Oziah

Relationship

Widow, Daughter's & Sons

ENLISTED OCTOBER 13, 1943, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO CO. C276TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION. HIS FIRST OVERSEAS DUTY WAS IN FRANCE JUST IN TIME FOR THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, THEY PROTECTED BRIDGES EAST OF BASTOGNE. HIS BATTALION MOVED INTO GERMANY AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LUDENDORFF BRIDGE AT REMAGEN. THE BATTALION RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR ITS ACTIONS AT REMAGEN. AT THE END OF THE WAR, HE HELPED LIBERATE A CONCENTRATION CAMP. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.