World War II Honoree

Clarence Edwin Felfe

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Thorndale, Texas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN THE LEYTE CAMPAIGN IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHERE HE WAS IN THE SECOND WAVE TO LAND ON LEYTE BEACH. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.