| 2. |  Rudder, Bernard H.  (1.Mary1) was born on 8 Dec 1918 in Illinois; died on 28 Mar 1997; was buried in National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: RUDD.B001
- _FGRAVE: 1141118
- Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Service Battery, 252nd Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army
- Census: 5 Apr 1930, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1930 Census, Clay City (Village), Clay County, Illinois, page 06a
- Census: 4 Apr 1940, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1940 Census, Clay City (Village), Clay County, Illinois, page 03a
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Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on December 29, 1942 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for the Field Artillery, completed basic training, and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Second Echelon Auto Mechanic (MOS 014). Departed t the Continental U.S. on August 14, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Participated in the Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Wounded by enemy action on December 3, 1944. Assigned to the Service Battery, 252nd Field Artillery Battalion when honorably discharged as a Private First Class on January 27, 1946 at the Separation Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Earned the Purple Heard Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, and the WWII Victory Medal.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2280919
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1897 - 1919 (21 years)
