Clyde Hammersley

Awarded Combat Badge

With the 32nd Infantry Division in Northern Luzon, P.I. -- Private Clyde Hammersley, whose wife, the former Frances Statler, and children, Barbara, Sharon and Lawrence, live at Cedar Lake, Ind., has been awarded the Combat Infantry badge for exemplary conduct in combat.

In the service since November 1944, Hammersley trained at Fort McClellan, Ala. As a member of the 32nd (Red Arrow) division, he has been fighting on Luzon. He holds the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and the Philippine Liberation medal.

The soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hammersley, live on Route 1, Thayer, Ind. Two brothers, Sgt. Floyd and Pvt. Lloyd Hammersley, are serving overseas with the army.