World War II Honoree

LeRoy Devereaux Halstead

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Fairview, Oklahoma

Honored By

Mike Winchell

Relationship

Nephew

SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY, ASSIGNED TO A U.S. MARINE CORPS UNIT AS COOK. HE WAS STATIONED ON PACIFIC ISLANDS INCLUDING BOUGAINVILLE. HE WAS PREPARING COFFEE VERY EARLY ON THE MORNING OF THE JAPANESE COUNTER ATTACK ON BOUGAINVILLE AND WENT FROM COOKING TO FIGHTING WITH NO WARNING. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT THE END OF THE WAR AND IS BURIED IN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY.