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Combat Infantry Badge
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- Entered service on 21 July 1942 at Denver, Colorado.
United States Army Air Force until 11 August 1944.
1 October 1942 to 4 February 1943: United States Army
- Air Force: Aviation Cadet; Rank of
Private
In Camp Howse, Texas by July 1944. Promoted to PFC
- from Private 11 August 1944 along with
31 other
- men of Company I.
11 August 1944 to
6 December 1945: United States
- Army Military Qualifications: Combat
Infantryman
- and Expert Infantryman Rifleman:
Loaded, aimed
- and fired a rifle 14 months in United
States,
- France, Germany and Austria.
Participated in
- two major campaigns against the Germans
as
- a member of the 7th Army: Rhineland and
- Central Europe. Wounded by the Germans
in
- the Rhineland Campaign on 28 November
1944
- near Ville, France. Awarded the Purple
Heart medal.
- General Clerk: Maintained clerical forms and records
- for 6 months with a construction
engineer's unit in France.
- Honorable Discharge date: 6 December 1945 Rank of PFC
- Passed away in Denver, Colorado on 9 January 2007
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