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SSgt. William Windrich, USMC, MOH

SSgt. William Windrich, USMC, MOH

Class of 1946

Medal of Honor (posthumous): Bill (Windy) Windrich graduated from Lafayette Elementary School. He attended Hammond Tech and Hammond High before joining the Marine Corps in June 1938 at age 17. A 12 year career Marine, he served in WWII as an antiaircraft machine gunner. In Feb. 1946 he received a "HHS GED" and reenlisted. He was sent to Korea in summer of 1950 as a military policeman. He was transfered to a rifle company as a platoon sergeant (I/3/5 Marines). During a hill fight in N. Korea with the enemy on Dec. 1-2, 1950, he was killed in action (age 29). He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in 1955.

A street block in back of the Hammond Civic Center and the Civic Center grounds were both named after him in 1994.
A SSgt. Windrich Medal of Honor display went up in the Hammond Main Library in 1995-96.
A SSgt. Windrich MOH photo/citation went up at Hammond City Hall in 1995/2012.

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