Donald Eugene Ruigh
Address: | Meservey, Iowa |
Entered Service: | January 5, 1942 |
Branch of Service: | Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
Trained: | Camp Dodge, Iowa |
Camp Stewart, Georgia | |
Embarkation: | April 29, 1943, Staten Island, New York |
Theatre of Operation: | European |
Engagements: | Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, Southern France, Rhineland, Central Europe (Germany) |
Awarded: | 5 Overseas Service Bars, European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon w/Silver Battle Star, Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal. |
Returned to US: | November 26, 1945 |
Discharged: | Camp Grant, Illinois, December 2, 1945 |
Rank: | Technical Sergeant Major |
Served: | 35 months |
Parents: | K. Clarence and Frieda (Waage) Ruigh |
Wife: | Patricia (Wilson) Ruigh |
Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 20 (photo included)