World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth Jack Gleason
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Topeka, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS MEDICAL OFFICER WITH 127TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 35TH DIVISION, KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD. INDUCTED INTO FEDERAL SERVICE WITH THAT UNIT AT TOPEKA, KANSAS DECEMBER 23, 1940. MOVED TO CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS JANUARY 4, 1941. ASSIGNED TO CALIFORNIA COAST AREA DECEMBER 1941 AT FORT ORD, MONTEREY; THEN CAMP SAN LUIS OBISPO JANUARY 1942. RELOCATED TO CAMP RUCKER, ALABAMA MARCH 1943; PARTICIPATED IN TENNESSEE MANEUVERS NOVEMBER 1943; MOVED TO CAMP BUCKNER, NORTH CAROLINA JANUARY 1944. STAGED FROM CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY MAY 1944; DEPARTED NEW YORK PORT MAY 12, 1944 AND ARRIVED IN ENGLAND MAY 26, 1944. LANDED IN FRANCE JULY 6, 1944 AND SERVED IN BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS SEPTEMBER 10, 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL DECEMBER 5, 1945 AT CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.