World War II Honoree

Wilbert Ray Okes

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Dunns, West Virginia

Honored By

Lonnie L. Okes, Jr.

Relationship

Brother

INDUCTED JUNE 2, 1942 AT HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 10, 1945 AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI. SERVED AT BARKSDALE FIELD, LOUISIANA, AT THE NAVAL MINE WARFARE SCHOOL AT YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA, THE BOMB RECONNAISSANCE SCHOOL AT LAKELAND FIELD, FLORIDA AND WENT WITH THE 494TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 344TH BOMB GROUP TO ENGLAND AND FRANCE, IN THE 9TH AIR FORCE. DEPARTED OVERSEAS FEBRUARY 2, 1944 AND ARRIVED BACK IN THE U.S. OCTOBER 3, 1945.