World War II Honoree

Robert A. Peck

Hometown

Riverton, Wyoming

Honored By

Wyoming Veterans' Affairs Commission

COMPANY D, 5TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 71ST INFANTRY DIVISION. SERVED FROM JANUARY 1945 TO MAY 1945 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES RECEIVED IN MORTAR ATTACK WHILE CROSSING THE DANUBE RIVER AT REGENSBURG, GERMANY.