World War II Honoree

Thomas T. Raycheck

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Shirley Raycheck Miller

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CREWMAN WITH 634TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION. LOADED AND FIRED A 40 MM GUN, KNOCKING ENEMY AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE SKY. BATTLES INCLUDE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES, AND RHINELAND. TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON DECEMBER 21, 1944 DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, AT THE SIEGRIED LINE. HELD FOR 4 MONTHS AT STALAG IV B IN MUHLBERG, GERMANY. LIBERATED IN APRIL 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. ARMY IN OCTOBER 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.