World War II Honoree

J. B. Price

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Louisville, Kentucky

Honored By

Freddie Price

Relationship

Wife

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, ENTERED THE SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 3, 1943. HE ATTENDED PARACHUTE SCHOOL IN FORT BENNING, GEORGIA AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE, COMPANY G, OF THE 501ST PARACHUTE INFANTRY. HE WAS A LIGHT MACHINE GUNNER, A RIFLE MARKSMAN, AND A CARBINE SHARPSHOOTER. HIS BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS WERE IN THE RHINELAND, IN CENTRAL EUROPE, AND IN THE ARDENNES (THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE). AWARDED THE EXPERT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 3 BRONZE STARS AND 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD PER WD GO #33/45, THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON, THE PURPLE HEART PER GO #35 HEADQUARTERS 101ST AIRBORNE INFANTRY DIVISION 1945, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HIS DIVISION, THE 101ST AIRBORNE, WAS AWARDED A UNIT CITATION BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, IN THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT, FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM, COURAGE, AND GALLANTRY IN ACTION AT BASTOGNE, BELGIUM. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1945, WITH A CERTIFICATE AWARDED AS A TESTIMONIAL OF HONEST AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY.