| Grave marker for Louis W. Yourkovich in Belmont County
Memorial Park, Saint Clairsville (Belmont County(, Ohio.
Sgt Yourkovich was awarded the Purple Heart with one Oak
Leaf Cluster as a consequence of being twice wounded.
His first wound occurred on 4 July 1944 in Normandy.
A lengthy recuperation apparently forced him to miss the jump intro
Holland but he was back on active status in time to participate in the
Battle of he Bulge. He was wounded a second time on WIA 29 Dec
1944, Belgium. |
