SEN. BROWN REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTS POSTHUMOUS PURPLE HEART TO CORPORAL WILLIAM 'BILLY' DEAN SMITH FAMILY
December 12, 2008
December 12, 2008
NEW MATAMORAS, Ohio, Dec. 12 -- The office of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has issued the following news release:
A representative of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today presented one of the country's first posthumous Purple Hearts to relatives of Corporal William 'Billy' Dean Smith.
Corporal Smith was a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken prisoner during heavy fighting in . . .
A representative of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today presented one of the country's first posthumous Purple Hearts to relatives of Corporal William 'Billy' Dean Smith.
Corporal Smith was a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken prisoner during heavy fighting in . . .