World War II Honoree

Raymond Harvey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN AUGUST, 1939. SERVED, INCLUDING OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH COMPANY A, 315TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 79TH INFANTRY 'CROSS OF LORRAINE' DIVISION. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, SILVER STAR, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS COMPANY AT EMBERMENIL, FRANCE. AWARDED THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM ON TWO OCCASIONS FOR ACTIONS BY HIS DIVISION AT PARROY FOREST AND AGAIN FOR OPERATIONS FROM NORMANDY TO PARIS. ALSO AUTHORIZED THE FRENCH FOURRAGERE FOR HIS DIVISION BEING CITED TWICE FOR THE CROIX DE GUERRE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY RESERVE SERVICE, WAS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AFTER THE WAR, AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.