Paul J. Wiedorfer (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul J. Wiedorfer (born January 17, 1921) is a retired United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration-the Medal of Honor-for his actions in World War II. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, raised in the 2400 block of McElderry Street, he attended St. Andrew's School, and graduated in 1940 from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. On 11 November 2008 a plaque honoring him was place in Poly's Memorial Hall. Married to his bride, Alice Stauffer, for just six month when Wiedorfer enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943, he was working as an apprentice power station operator at the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company in Baltimore, and was living in the 1900 block of Bank Street.