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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H Awards & decorations European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon with three bronze battle stars; Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes Overseas service: Normandy, Northern France; Rhineland, Germany. School: UNKNOWN. Union County residency not confirmed; enlistment record lists residence as Champaign County; Federal Census records list residence as Logan County; no Union County property tax records 1938-1952; not listed in Young American Patriots; serial #15195066; enlisted 04/09/1942, Fairfield County; aerial gunner; flew B25's and B47's; hospitalized in England for 5 months; weighed 98 lbs. when discharged; detained at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedome Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 voice from the stone honoree November 2010 speaker Don Richardson Source of this information DD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 5, p. 83; National Archives (enlistment record and POW record); 1920 and 1930 Federal Census Records; Union County Engineer's Office, 1940 maps; Union County Auditor's Office (property tax records)