World War II Honoree

Raymond Daniel Chauvin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bristol, Connecticut

Honored By

Linda Chauvin Parrish

Relationship

Daughter

DEPARTED FOR GERMANY ON DECEMBER 5, 1943 WITH 211TH ARMY AIR FORCE BASE UNIT. ARRIVED ON JUNE 15TH. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS INCLUDED NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE, GERMANY, AND NORMANDY. DURING THIS TIME, EARNED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH FIVE BATTLE STARS. AS A FIRST SCOUT, TOOK CHARGE OF PATROL AND LED THE ATTACK, CARRYING AN M-1 RIFLE. LOCATED WITH 121ST, 8TH DIVISION, 3RD ARMY ON GERMAN WESTERN. LANDED ON D-DAY, JUNE 6TH ON DS WITH THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION. WOUNDED ON JULY 9TH, 1944 IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY AT LA HAYE DU PUITS, FRANCE. EARNED PURPLE HEART MEDAL. SPENT SIX MONTHS AT A HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND, BEING TREATED FOR A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE LEFT LEG. AFTER RECUPERATION, RETURNED TO THE U.S. ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY, WHICH DEPARTED JUNE 15, 1945 AND ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JUNE 20, 1945. OFFICIALLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 1, 1945, FROM SEPARATION BASE; WESTOVER FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.