World War II Honoree

Robert W. Watterworth

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waterbury, Connecticut

Honored By

Granddaughter

RIFLEMAN IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY, COMPANY E, 143RD INFANTRY, APO NO. 36 FROM 31 DECEMBER 1942 TO 14 SEPTEMBER 1943, WHEN HE WENT MISSING IN ACTION. PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG B IN HAMMERSTEIN, GERMANY AND XX-A IN TORUN, POLAND. ESCAPED THROUGH POLAND AND THE UKRAINE, AND TRAVELLED ABOARD THE STEAMER HMT CIRCASSIA BACK TO NAPLES. ON 10 APRIL 1945 HE LEFT NAPLES TO RETURN TO THE U.S. RECEIVED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS MEDAL, WWII THEATRE RIBBON WITH 2 BRONZE STARS (NAPLES-FOGGIA CAMP AND RHINELAND CAMP).