World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Rudolf G. Abel
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Northbrook, Illinois
Honored By
Timothy M. Abel
Relationship
Son
Performed duties in the Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operations for 124 months.. Enciphered, deciphered, encoded, and decoded classified messages using various cryptographic systems. Employed by the Army. Held temporary clearance authorizing duties in the cryptographic field.