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PFC Albert Chalmus Lewis

Albert Chalmus Lewis was a true hero of World War II. As an Army scout, he obtained information as to the movement of the enemy forces and reported to his commanding officer. In the winter of 1944, he was severely wounded by enemy fire in his left arm and hand. For...

Specialist Kara Ann Kittrell

War: Iraq War, 2003-2011 Branch: Army Unit: Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, 1138th Engineer Battalion; Missouri Army National Guard Service Location: Missouri; Kuwait; Iraq; Germany Rank: Specialist Specialist Kara Ann Kittrell enlisted in the Army two months...

SFC Merideth L. Howard

U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Merideth L. Howard was killed September 8, 2006 in Kabul, Afghanistan when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee. Howard was assigned to the 364th Civil Affairs Brigade in support of the 10th Mountain Division at...

T/4 Samuel Edward Hardy

Samuel Edward Hardy was inducted into the United States Army on November 1, 1942. He took his basic training at Fort Knot, KY. He was shipped overseas to North Africa on the ship Empress of Japan. He landed at Casablanca then moved to Cork Forest of Rebat. His group...

SGT Arthur O. Thompson

The 79th General Hospital , England – Wounded in the left foot and right shoulder by mortar fragments as he was moving back from his company’s forward listening post east of Nijmegen, Holland, Sergeant Arthure O. Thompson, 26-year old paratrooper of...

Mark E. Brown

“AS RUGGED AND WEATHERED AS ME.” As he said his final goodbye, Ret. Army Tank Commander Mark E. Brown told his son, “Don’t cover me with a brand new, pretty flag. I want one as rugged and weathered as me!” Ret. Army Sergeant Zack Brown, of Marietta Oklahoma, honored...