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First Lieutenant Lewis Bennett Challis died on August 25, 1944 (Paris Liberation Day), killed by a sniper while on patrol in France serving with the 12th Engineer Combat Battalion, 8th Division

After 69 years, Challis is posthumously being awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star

Born in Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland) in 1913, Challis moved with his family to Peru, Indiana in 1917 and later earned a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue University

Enlisted in the Army on July 30, 1940 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; married Jary Cleveland Challis on April 28, 1941 before deploying overseas

Indiana General Assembly formally remembers Challis's bravery and directs the Principal Clerk to transmit a copy of the resolution to his family