Private First Class Lyman E. Van Horn, Jr. 37347908

Private First Class Lyman E. Van Horn, Jr. 37347908 US Army. Born 12 April 1925 in Grand Valley, Colorado Attended Grand Valley grade and high schools and was a railroad employee prior to entering service on 24 June 1943, at the age of 18. He received his preliminary training at Camp Roberts, California, and served in Company C, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division in the Philippines as a rifleman and first scout. While fighting in the battle for Balete Pass on Luzon in the Philippines, he was wounded by enemy rifle fire on 3 April 1945. Private First Class Van Horn was awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), and also holds the Asiatic Pacific (PTO) Ribbon with Philippine Liberation with Star, and Good Conduct and Victory Medals. Honorably discharged on 26 October 1945, he is the son of Lyman and Gladys Van Horn of Grand Valley, Colorado. 

Source:

1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948

2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Lyman+Van+Horn&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=6670330