Soldier Details

Division:

Army
, 
2nd Infantry Division

Highest Rank:

Private

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

May 26, 1939 - Sep 26, 1944

Honored By:

The EIsenhower Foundation

Biography

Felipe and Livy Madrid were the first two young men from Guadalupe County, New Mexico, to enlist in the Armed Forces to serve in World War II. He proudly fought on the beaches of Normandy at the Battle of the Bulge.