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Co. A, 3111th
Signal Service Battalion, Advanced
Section, Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations
October 20, 1942 January
2, 1946
August 9, 1920 to December 7, 2000
Campaigns:
Normandy, Northern France,
Ardennes-Alsace (Battle of the Bulge), Rhineland, and Central Europe
Occupation of Germany
Awards:
European/African/Middle
Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver colored star for five
campaigns
World War 2 Victory
Medal
Good Conduct Medal
American Campaign
Medal (for at least one year of service in the Continental U.S
from October 1942 until March 1944 (not on discharge).
Occupation of Germany Medal (for at least 30 days of service in
the occupation of Germany from May 8 until Dec 15 1945. Not on
discharge. Award was created after his discharge.)
Chronology
1920:
August 9
1942:
October 20: Enlisted
1944:
February: Assigned to Co.
A, 3111th Signal Service Battalion, Army Service Forces
March 3: Depart for Europe
April 6: Arrived in Great Britain
June 8: Landed on Utah
Beach with an advance team.
September 16: Awarded Good Conduct Medal
1945:
December 15: Departed for the U.S.
December 20: Arrived in the U.S.
1946:
January 2: Discharged
Rest of His Life:
1946:
October 1: Married Rosamond South in Malone, New York. Had two
sons
Worked in the milk industry
1985
Retired
2000
December 7: Died
Buried in Saint Malachy Cemetery, Sherburne, Chenango County, New
York
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