World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Arthur G. Minney
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Blackburn, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON MAY 27, 1944. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP WOLTERS AT MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), WITH TROOP B, 81ST CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, LATER THE 81ST CONSTABULARY SQUADRON. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (2 CAMPAIGNS), WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH GERMANY CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL ON DECEMBER 23, 1946.