Soldier Details

Division:

Army
, 
11th Armored, 40th, Company A

Highest Rank:

Sergeant

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Nov 15, 1942 - Oct 22, 1945

Battle:

Battle
Battle of the Bulge

Military Honors:

Good Conduct Medal
Purple Heart

Honored By:

Granddaughter

Biography

Wayne was inducted into the U.S. Army in November 1942 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was assigned to the 11th Armored, 42nd Tank, Company D, but, while overseas and on his discharge paperwork, it states he was in the 40th Tank, Company A. He had training in California at Camp Cooke with the light tank 1736. He was in World War II, Battle of the Bulge (Rhineland; Ardennes; Central Europe.) He receive a Purple Heart for frost bite while in Belgium and the Good Conduct Medal.