World War II Honoree

Leo W. Fulbright

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Marble Hill, Missouri

Honored By

David Fulbright

Relationship

Son

ENTERED SERVICE IN 1944. SERVED IN EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS IN FRANCE, AND GERMANY, ENDING UP IN AUSTRIA AS THE WAR ENDED. MEMBER OF 103RD INFANTRY DIVISION 'CACTUS DIVISION'. SERVED AS AN INFANTRYMAN AND CARRIED A BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE (BAR) FOR HIS PLATOON. AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AS WELL AS A BRONZE STAR FOR SERVICE. AFTER THE WAR, SERVED AS A PRISON GUARD AT LANDSBERG PRISON, LANDSBERG AM LECH, GERMANY. DUTIES INCLUDED HANGING THE WAR CRIMINALS THAT WERE TRIED AND CONVICTED AT NUREMBERG.