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MEDAL OF HONOR SOLDIER FROM UPSTATE NY, FRANCIS CURREY, PASSES AWAY AT 94

10/11/2019

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Francis S. Currey, Medal of Honor recipient from WWII: Photo by Tom Heffernan Sr. / Spotlight News

Francis S. Currey, a Medal of Honor recipient and WWII solider from Upstate New York, passed away earlier this week at the age of 94. His passing was announced in a Facebook post on October 8th by his American Legion post, the Nathaniel Adams Blanchard Post 1040 near Albany. Curray had been a longtime member of the post. He passed away at his home in Selkirk, New York on Tuesday.

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Francis Currey, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient from New York
Currey was born in a town called Loch Sheldrake in upstate New York back in 1925. According to Wikipedia, he joined the U.S. Army when he was 17 years old and eventually became a technical sergeant. Curray served during WWII, where he earned a Medal of Honor for his heroic actions at the Battle of the Bulge. After he left the service, Curray worked as a counselor at the VA Medical Center in Albany, New York from 1950-1980. After he retired from the VA he started a landscaping business.

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Francis Currey, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient from New York
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Battle of the Buldge: Photo credit to nationalww2museum.org

Veterans of New York salutes this true American hero

Truly the Greatest Generation

Our prayers go out to Currey's family and his local community

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Mike Morales (MSG Retired) link
10/13/2019 07:53:16 pm

Thank you!
Rest In Peace!!

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