World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
LeRoy Edwin 'Ed' Wallace
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
DRAFTED INTO ARMY SERVICE, SENT TO CAMP GRANT AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS IN MARCH 1941 FOR 3 MONTHS BASIC TRAINING IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. APPLIED FOR AND WAS SELECTED FOR OFFICER TRAINING. GRADUATED FROM OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS. STATIONED AT BARKSDALE FIELD NEAR SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA IN MAY 1942. SERVED AS PERSONNEL OFFICER FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL AT PATTERSON FIELD AT FAIRFIELD, OHIO, NEAR DAYTON. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.