World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
George Wade Hancock, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Campbellsville, Kentucky
Honored By
A Grateful American
During WWII he served as an infantry sergeant with Patton's Third Army, walking from the Normandy beachhead through France to Germany, where in the Battle of the Bulge, a bullet passed through his leg. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.