Louis Sosa
ASN: 34535703
Bronze Star Medal Award
Sosa, Louis J., Corporal: BSM, GO 15, 1945.
February 4, 1945; Louis J. Sosa, Corporal, 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion. For meritorious service in connection with military operations against the enemy for the period 18 September, 1944, to 1 November, 1944 near Holland, Corporal Sosa, a driver, displayed exemplary conduct in furtherance of his unit’s missions. Under adverse conditions and although wounded when his glider crashed, he worked under intense fire to recover equipment from his own and other gliders. On succeeding days he never hesitated to drive his jeep wherever needed, and once used it on top of a hill as an artillery observation point, where he was wounded by shrapnel in the thigh. On this occasion he refused other than first aid until the mission was completed. Throughout the entire operation corporal Sosa remained continually at the front rendering exemplary service. His actions reflected high credit upon himself and the airborne forces of the United States Army. Entered military service from Tampa, Florida.
Photo Gallery
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A-Battery 319th Glider Field Artillery gun section - Corporal Louis Sosa (kneeling 2nd from left) - Epinal, France - June 1945
Newspaper Articles
(The first American soldiers to enter Naples according to Reynolds Packard. United Press Correspondent with the Allies in Naples, were a reconnaissance patrol headed by Lt. Edward O’Brien, Oewein, la., and included Pvt. Joseph Supinski, Providence, E.I.; Pvt. Haynes Petty, Belleville, W. Va.; Cpl. Kenneth Johnson, Chicago; Pvt. Louis Sosa, Tampa, Fla., and Pvt. Alfred Nigi, Oshkosh, Wis.)
STL Archive Records
Louis Sosa, 83, died October 20, 2005. God bless this hero.