World War II Honoree

John Edward Helmick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Delta, Colorado

Honored By

Christopher Stewart

Relationship

Son

Serving as a half-track driver for Battery C, 62nd Armed Field Artillery Battalion, he served in the African and European Theaters of Operation, specifically in Sicily, Northern France, part of second wave on Omaha Beach, Fox Green Sector at Normandy on D-Day, Rhineland and Ardennes. He received a Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, Bronze Service Arrowhead and Good Conduct Medal. A few days after the Normandy landing, a land mine seriously injured him, for which he received his Purple Heart.