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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Wilbur L. Peck

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Middletown, Ohio

Relationship

Self

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

INDUCTED 6 JULY 1942, MOVED TO CAMP FOREST TENNESSEE. 80TH INFANTRY DIVISION. REACTIVATED. COMPANY H, 317TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. TENNESSEE MANEUVERS TRAINING, THEN MOVED TO ARIZONA FOR DESERT MANEUVERS. ON TO FORT DIX IN NEW JERSEY, THEN TRANSFERRED OVERSEAS 1 JULY 1944 TO ENGLAND. 10 SEPTEMBER 1944 WAS IN FRANCE. FOUGHT WITH 80TH INFANTRY INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, TWICE THROUGH THE SIEGFRIED LINE, RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR FOR HEROIC ACHIEVEMENT. SERVED UNTIL 28 MARCH 1945, TRANSFERRED TO STATES FOR FURLOUGH, 28 OCTOBER 1945 HONORABLE DISCHARGE.