World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Edmund Leo Dutkevitch
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Honored By
William Fischer, Jr.
Relationship
Grateful Citizen
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 30 JUNE 1943 AT WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. FOREIGN SERVICE FROM 4 DECEMBER 1944 TO 16 JULY 1945 WITH THE 491ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY) BASED AT NORTH PICKENHAM, ENGLAND, COMPLETING 14 MISSIONS AND BEING WOUNDED IN ACTION ON 24 MARCH 1945 OVER GERMANY. RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, EAME CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 4 MARCH 1946 AT MCGUIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.