World War II Honoree

Richard Carney Argo

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Nashville, Tennessee

Honored By

Marsha Puckett, Richard W. Argo, Robbie Smithson, Tina Beatty

Relationship

Children

BASIC TRAINING, RIFLEMAN (EXPERT), COOK TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE, COMPANY D, 795TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION. NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE BATTLES. COOK, SERVED OVERSEAS WITH 19TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, 16TH AND 18TH INFANTRY. REPLACEMENT IN DEPOTS, AND 795TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY, AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. COOKED IN COMPANY MESS FEEDING ABOUT 150 MEN. AS 1ST COOK WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPER PREPARATION OF FOOD. DID BUTCHERING, AND BAKING, AS WELL AS GENERAL COOKING. GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION SERVICE RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE STARS.