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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Gerald W. Purkey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hammond, Indiana

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

CORPORAL. SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM JANUARY 1943 TO DECEMBER 1945. SERVED IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, RECEIVING TWO BATTLE STARS FOR THE NAPLES-FOGGIA CAMPAIGN AND THE ROME-ARNO CAMPAIGN. HE WAS IN THE 180TH BAKING COMPANY, WHICH SERVICED MANY GROUPS, INCLUDING THE 99TH BOMB GROUP OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE.