World War II Honoree

Charles Edward Cooksey

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Mangum, Oklahoma

Honored By

Audrey More Cooksey

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE ON DECEMBER 7, 1944 AT AGE 17 WITH THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF HIS PARENTS. TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FROM DECEMBER 1944 TO MARCH 1945. TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL CORPS SCHOOL AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT SAN DIEGO FOR TRAINING IN THE PHARMACIST’S MATE SPECIALTY. AT THE COMPLETION OF TRAINING, REASSIGNED IN JUNE 1945 TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AS A WARD CORPSMAN AND LATER WITH DUTIES AS A MASTER AT ARMS. REASSIGNED IN EARLY 1946 AS A MEMBER OF SHIP’S COMPANY AT THE NAVY V-12 OFFICER COLLEGE TRAINING UNIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THIS UNIT WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON JUNE 30, 1946 AND HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CAMP WALLACE AT HITCHCOCK, TEXAS VIA THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RATING OF PHARMACIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS AT CAMP WALLACE ON JULY 19, 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.