World War II Honoree

Harold M. Cotner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Independence, Kansas

Honored By

Deborah Vonnahme Pedersen

Relationship

Cousin-in-law

LIEUTENANT COLONEL. AFTER BEING DRAFTED INTO SERVICE IN 1941, HE HAD HIS U.S. ARMY BASIC TRAINING AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI. THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE WAR, HE SERVED IN THE SOUTHERN U.S. TRAINING THE TROOPS. IN 1945 HE WAS STATIONED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE POST-WAR CLEAN-UP EFFORT. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN 1947.