Virginia
Virginia World War II hero laid to rest
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia World Warfare II hero has been laid to relaxation.
First Lieutenant Mary Pardue was buried with honors at Seven Pine Nationwide Cemetery in Sandston on Friday morning.
She died on the age of 100 in 2019.
Pardue served as a nurse in WWII and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Heroic Achievement in Motion in November of 1944.
Whereas caring for sufferers in a ward tent in Italy, shells from long-range enemy weapons started falling close by. Fragments from a shell exploded, killing a affected person, however Pardue stored calm, caring for the survivors.
Pardue was born in Coburn, Virginia and was laid to relaxation together with her father and brother, each of whom have been additionally veterans.