World War II Honoree

Jacob Clair Frederick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pennsylvania

Honored By

Batha Karr

SERVED IN PANAMA FROM JULY OF 1938 TO JULY OF 1941. HE THEN ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY 503RD PARACHUTE INFANTRY 'H' COMPANY FROM FEBRUARY OF 1942 TO OCTOBER OF 1945, WHERE HE RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS AND ONE BRONZE ARROWHEAD, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL WITH FOREIGN SERVICE CLASP, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN’S BADGE. AS A PARATROOPER, HIS COMBAT JUMPS INCLUDED THE MARKHAM VALLEY IN NEW GUINEA (SEPTEMBER 1943), NOEMFOER ISLAND IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA (JULY 1944), AND CORREGIDOR IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (FEBRUARY 1945) WHERE HE WAS A FIRST RESPONDER. BEACH LANDINGS INCLUDED LEYTE (1944) AND NEGROS BOTH IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.