Charles "Chuck" Weymer, a resident of St. Anne's Retirement Community and a longtime resident of Elizabethtown, was recently recognized for his military service. On Memorial Day, May 31, at 11 a.m., Chuck and four of his brothers attended a ceremony dedicating the Veterans Memorial Wall at Cresson American Legion in Cresson, Chuck's childhood home.

Chuck was a private first class in the U.S. Army, serving from October 1943 to March of 1946. He was at the Battle of the Bulge.

Also present at the ceremony were Chuck's brothers Paul, Edwin, and Donald - who all also served in the Army - and Leo, who was a member of the Air Force. The Weymer brothers are the sons are Charles P. and Marie Weymer.

During the ceremony, each honoree was presented with a plaque. The event also included the national anthem, an invocation, remarks from the Cresson American Legion commander, a keynote address by Cambria County president commissioner Thomas Chernisky, two verses of "America the Beautiful," and a patriotic medley.

Chuck and his wife, Sherri, are the parents of Debra Garrett, wife of Randy, of Elizabethtown.