Henry Wessels
Address: | Klemme, Iowa |
Entered Service: | December 21, 1942 |
Branch of Service: | Army |
Trained: | Little Rock, Arkansas |
Camp Forrest, Tennessee | |
Camp Gordon, Georgia | |
Camp Polk, Louisiana | |
New York, N. Y. | |
Embarkation: | March 28, 1944 |
Theatre of Operation: | European |
Engagements: | Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe |
Awarded: | Good Conduct Medal; American Theatre Ribbon; European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon w/4 Bronze Battle Stars; 3 Overseas Service Bars |
Returned to US: | October 9, 1945 |
Discharged: | Fort Sheridan, Illinois, October 23, 1945 |
Rank: | Private First Class |
Served: | 32 months |
Parents: | Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wessels |
Wife: | Helen Mae (Busick) Wessels |
Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 23 (photo included)