World War II Honoree

Rudolph George Balzer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Honored By

Mark K. Balzer

Relationship

Son

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS SURGICAL/MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, JULY 1943 TO OCTOBER 1945. ASSIGNED TO THE 21ST FIGHTER GROUP, 352ND FIGHTER GROUP AND 367TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON. RECEIVED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION.