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

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.

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.

Francis Currey, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient from New York

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