World War II Honoree

Francis C. Grevemberg

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

St. Martinville, Louisiana

Honored By

Family

SERVED TWENTY-EIGHT MONTHS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS IN NINE COMBAT CAMPAIGNS AND FIVE D-DAY LANDINGS. WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN, HE COMMANDED AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTERY IN THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION. IN TUNISIA, NORTH AFRICA, HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR BY GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON. DURING THE ANZIO BEACHHEAD CAMPAIGN, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL BY GENERAL OMAR N. BRADLEY. HE CONTINUED HIS MILITARY CAREER; PROGRESSED TO THE RANK OF COLONEL AND BECAME THE GROUP COMMANDER OF THE 204TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GROUP OF THE LOUISIANA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. NUMEROUS MEDAL AND CITATIONS WERE AWARDED TO HIM, INCLUDING THE LEGION OF MERIT, THE CROIX DE GUERRE, THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, THE MILITARY VALOR CROSS, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL AND THE SILVER ARROWHEAD MEDAL.