Medal, Purple Heart, Pvt. Forest Wayne, Hq., 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division, DNB, May 7, 1945, Berchtesgaden

Genuine WWII US Purple Heart Medal, coming in its original case along with ribbon bar and lapel badge.

Nice homogeneous set, in excellent overall condition.

A Catholic pendant and a telegram sent by the military authorities to the father of Private Forest G. Wayne to inform him of the death of his son complete this interesting lot.

Forest Graham Wayne was born on December 20, 1919 in Monte Ne, Arkansas. A Volunteer in the National Guard (142nd Field Artillery Regiment), he was inducted into Federal Service on January 6, 1941 (ASN 20736909). He was awarded his 'jump wings', went on to deploy to Europe with Headquarters, 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division and participated in the entire campaign, from Normandy to Holland and the Ardennes, prior to being killed in the explosion of a mine on May 7, 1945 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany.

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=20736909&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=2046652

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/70083613/forest-graham-wayne

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