My grandfather PFC Chester Horton was in A Co. 42nd Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Div. and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for Valor in combat. He died at age 32 in 1949 and orphaned my father and his siblings. I never got to meet PFC Horton (grandpa), but I served in the US Army (enlisted) and continue serving in the US Coast Guard. If anyone who served with him, or has pictures from that era who can ID him and send me pictures of him I would appreciate it!
See him listed here as Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient: http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com/history/42nd_tank_battalion_hist.htm