World War II Honoree

Samuel Walter Ballinger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Burlington, New Jersey

Honored By

Alan & Walter Ballinger

Relationship

Brothers

CORPORAL IN COMPANY E, 328TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 26TH INFANTRY DIVISION. LANDED IN FRANCE OCTOBER 1944 AND FOUGHT ACROSS EUROPE AND IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AWARDED A BRONZE STAR WITH AN OAK LEAF CLUSTER, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, MERITORIOUS UNIT EMBLEM, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL FOR GERMANY, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, SHARPSHOOTER BADGE WITH RIFLE BAR, LUXEMBOURG FREEDOM MEDAL AND AN HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON WWII. ENTITLED TO THE BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM, CITATION.