World War II Honoree

Russell Boyd Wallner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Boyd, Minnesota

Honored By

LT COL Clifford B. Adams USAF (Ret)

SERVED IN THE 511TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY, 3RD BATTALION, 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. ENLISTED IN 1943 AND WAS STATIONED IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES AND NEW GUINEA IN 1944. DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 7, 1945 FROM BAXTER GENERAL HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON. RECEIVED 3 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, THE PURPLE HEART, SOLDIER'S MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBONS.