PatchTechnician Fifth Grade Francis R. BradySignal Corps Insignia

Brady
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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

Headstone
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