World War II Honoree

Eudell Durrett

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Green Co., Kentucky

Honored By

Walton R. Haddix

SERVED IN BRAVO COMPANY, 207TH COMBAT ENGINEERS DIVISION. WENT IN WITH THE SECOND WAVE ON OMAHA BEACH AT NORMANDY DURING THE D-DAY INVASION. FOUGHT THROUGHOUT FRANCE TO BELGIUM AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. WAS WOUNDED AND CAPTURED ON DECEMBER 23, 1944 BY GERMAN SOLDIERS DURING THE BATTLE. WAS RESCUED FROM CAPTIVITY BY GENERAL PATTON'S FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION ON DECEMBER 27, 1944. AWARDED FOUR BRONZE STAR MEDALS FOR HEROISM IN COMBAT, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STAR DEVICES AND A BRONZE ARROWHEAD ATTACHMENT REPRESENTING AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT NORMANDY BEACH. EARNED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, COMBAT ENGINEER BADGE, GERMAN OCCUPATION MEDAL, EXPERT MARKSMAN RIFLE BADGE AND SHARPSHOOTER PISTOL BADGE.