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Howard "Red" Lewis Deneen
Jan. 21, 1922 - July 10, 2005
Entered the Army on November 16, 1942, trained at Ft. Benning and Camp Gordon, GA.
Served under General George Patton in the Battle of the Bulge. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars.
Cpl. Deneen was injured in the shoulder when a nearby tank was hit on a hill at Trier, Germany. He continued to command his tank until a direct hit knocked it out and wounded him again.
His brother, Sgt. Walter Deneen, served in the Army in New Guinea.
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