Rex Sterling

Personal Information

Birthplace: Woodson County, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 10th Tank Battalion

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Mar 10, 1942

Discharged: Oct 21, 1945

Honored By: Children Phyliss, Robert, Jerry and families

Biography

He served in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. While in the service Rex received 2 expert machine and sub machine gun medals and second class pistol medals. He also received GI Ribbons of a dozen different colors with something to do with the European Theater of Operation. They say a combat man is tough, but I guess they didn’t mean tankers. On June 3, 1945 Rex wrote home about a captain in ‘A’ Company and a Red Cross gal got married. Him and seven others took their tanks down and formed an arch of crossed cannons outside the church. Rex was a tank driver and mechanic. After WWII he had a family and worked at different service stations. He owned his own station and finally ended up a bus mechanic for USD 366. Rex enjoyed fishing and hunting. He really enjoyed his 6 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild.