Date of birth:

January 23rd, 1911 (Plymouth, Wisconsin)

Date of death:

May 8th, 1955 (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

00.06.1942: CO, Company K, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd ‘Red Arrow’ Infantry Division

"Alfred E. Meyer, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 32d Infantry Division during World War II." According to Papuan Campaign, Capt. Meyer earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action on 16 December 1942 near Buna, New Guinea. An article in the 6 Feb. ’43 Appleton Post Crescent summarized how Capt. Meyer "advanced to within 15 yards of a Japanese pillbox Dec. 16 and under heavy sniper fire threw hand grenades into the position until every Japanese inside was dead."

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• - Blakeley, H.W., The 32nd Infantry Division – In world War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000
  - U.S. Army Center of Military History