World War II Honoree

Joseph Hubert Cosby

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Corvalis, Oregon

Honored By

Children

ENTERED THE SERVICE AT FORT LEWIS; TRAINED IN FORT BENNING AND FORT BRAGG. HE WENT TO FRANCE AND GERMANY ON THE USS WASHINGTON OUT OF KILMER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 1944 AND FOUGHT AS A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN AND THEN A COMBAT MEDIC IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS HONORED WITH A BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR IN HEILBRONN, GERMANY, A BRONZE STAR FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE, A PURPLE HEART AND OTHERS. HE WAS PROMOTED FROM PRIVATE TO SERGEANT AND THEN TO STAFF SERGEANT. HE ALSO PLAYED THE ORGAN AT GENERAL PATTON'S FUNERAL IN GERMANY.