World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Wayne Melvin Cross
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dallas, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
SERVED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT WITH THE Headquarters Battery, 48th Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, landing Force 51.4, in action in Massacre Valley-Holtz Bay Pass, Attu Island, Territory of Alaska, on 14 May 1943. AWARDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL FOR HIS GALLANTRY IN ACTION.