World War II Honoree

Robert Newton Coons

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lebonon, Indiana

Honored By

Lacia Coons and Coons Family

Relationship

Granddaughter

A DOCTOR WHO RECEIVED BOTH THE PURPLE HEART, AND SILVER STAR DURING HIS SERVICE IN GERMANY. HE WAS SHOT WHILE ASSISTING WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON THE FRONT LINE, AND HE REFUSED TO RETREAT TO THE REAR EVEN THOUGH HE WAS HIMSELF INJURED. HE STAYED UNTIL ALL OF THE SOLDIERS HAD BEEN RECOVERED AND THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS HAD BEEN MET.