World War II Honoree

Harvey Dunn

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hanceville, Alabama

Honored By

Larry Dunn

Relationship

Nephew

CORPORAL, COMPANY B, 301ST INFANTRY REGIMENT. SEPARATION POINT AT FORT MCCLELLAN IN ALABAMA ON DECEMBER 5, 1945. DATE OF INDUCTION: DECEMBER 4, 1942. DATE OF ENTRY INTO ACTIVE SERVICE: DECEMBER 11, 1942. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY AND NUMBER: MORTAR GUNNER 607. MILITARY QUALIFICATION AND DATE RIFLE M1 60MM MORTAR LIGHT MACHINE GUN (LMG) 2ND CLASS GUNNER. RECEIVED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EXPERT INFANTRYMAN BADGE. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: NORTHERN FRANCE. DECORATION AND CITATIONS: AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AR 600 –68, WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CONTINENTAL SERVICE FOR 2 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. FOREIGN SERVICE FOR 9 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. REASON AND AUTHORITY FOR SEPARATION SECTION 11 WD CIR 339 1945 PRISONER OF WAR INACTIVE SERVICE. ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS FROM DECEMBER 4, 1942 TO DECEMBER 10, 1942. MORTAR GUNNER. SERVED NINE MONTHS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH THE THIRD ARMY AS GUNNER OF A 60MM LIGHT MORTAR. HIS DIVISION, THE 94TH, WAS FIRST USED UPON ARRIVAL IN FRANCE TO KEEP THE ENEMY POCKETS PINNED DOWN AT LORIENT AND ST. NAZAIRE. LATER SERVED ON THE RUHR RIVER FRONT AND WAS FINALLY CAPTURED IN THE SIEGFRIED DEFENSES IN GERMAN TERRITORY. FIRED LIGHT MORTAR IN COMBAT AND WAS ARMED WITH A .45 CALIBER PISTOL. HE ZEROED THE SIGHTS UPON THE STAKE AND PLACED THE GUN. WAS INTERNED FOR THREE MONTHS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY.