SGT Private RallyPoint Member 873487 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>By The Associated Press | Updated 9h ago<br /><br />Photo: Gowanda Central School District via AP<br /><br />GOWANDA, N.Y. — Military officials say medals have been posthumously authorized for a soldier from western New York who died while a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II.<br /><br />Army officials notified Barbara Hutchinson of Gowanda last month that her cousin, Pvt. Carroll Heath, was entitled to nine decorations, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Prisoner of War Medal.<br /><br />Heath enlisted in the Army after graduating from Gowanda High School in 1940. He was sent to the Philippines, where the Army says he died in late 1942 while a prisoner of the Japanese. His burial place is unknown.<br /><br />More info emerges on WWII soldier left off hometown memorial<br /><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/06/05/world-war-two-soldier-left-off-hometown-memorial-carroll-heath-pacific/28525151/">http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/06/05/world-war-two-soldier-left-off-hometown-memorial-carroll-heath-pacific/28525151/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/019/544/qrc/635690830599226412-Memorial-Day-Forgotte-Mart.jpg?1443050779"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/06/05/world-war-two-soldier-left-off-hometown-memorial-carroll-heath-pacific/28525151/">More info emerges on WWII soldier left off hometown memorial</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Background emerges about the life of a missing soldier who was essentially forgotten by his hometown and was lost during the chaotic early stages of the fighting in the Pacific during WWII.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-08-07T20:40:14-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 873487

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>By The Associated Press | Updated 9h ago<br /><br />Photo: Gowanda Central School District via AP<br /><br />GOWANDA, N.Y. — Military officials say medals have been posthumously authorized for a soldier from western New York who died while a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II.<br /><br />Army officials notified Barbara Hutchinson of Gowanda last month that her cousin, Pvt. Carroll Heath, was entitled to nine decorations, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Prisoner of War Medal.<br /><br />Heath enlisted in the Army after graduating from Gowanda High School in 1940. He was sent to the Philippines, where the Army says he died in late 1942 while a prisoner of the Japanese. His burial place is unknown.<br /><br />More info emerges on WWII soldier left off hometown memorial<br /><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/06/05/world-war-two-soldier-left-off-hometown-memorial-carroll-heath-pacific/28525151/">http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/06/05/world-war-two-soldier-left-off-hometown-memorial-carroll-heath-pacific/28525151/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/019/544/qrc/635690830599226412-Memorial-Day-Forgotte-Mart.jpg?1443050779"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/06/05/world-war-two-soldier-left-off-hometown-memorial-carroll-heath-pacific/28525151/">More info emerges on WWII soldier left off hometown memorial</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Background emerges about the life of a missing soldier who was essentially forgotten by his hometown and was lost during the chaotic early stages of the fighting in the Pacific during WWII.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-08-07T20:40:14-04:00 2015-08-07T20:40:14-04:00 LTC Stephen F. 873491

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes that is great news <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="520566" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/520566-11b2p-infantryman-airborne">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a>. Well over-due.

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