Bio: Apfel, Sgt.
Richard A. (Military Notes - 1970)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Apfel, Gerhardt
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/26/1970
Apfel, Sgt. Richard A. (Military Notes - 1970)
Sgt. Richard A. Apfel,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Apfel, Rt. 2 Neillsville, received the Army
Commendation Medal during ceremonies near Cu Chi, Vietnam February 1. Presenting
the award was Major Igor D. Gerhardt. Sgt. Apfel earned the award for
meritorious service as an operations noncommissioned officer in Headquarters,
25th Infantry Division. He entered the Army in August 1968, completed basic
training at Ft. Campbell, Ky., and arrived overseas in August 1969. A 1965
graduate of Neillsville High School, the 22-year-old sergeant also attended the
Wisconsin State Universities at Platteville and Eau Claire.
|
© Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Show your appreciation of this freely provided information by not copying it to any other site without our permission.
Become a Clark County History Buff
|
|
A site created and
maintained by the Clark County History Buffs
Webmasters: Leon Konieczny, Tanya Paschke, Janet & Stan Schwarze, James W. Sternitzky,
|
