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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Loyd Laverne Wilson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Washington, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. STAGED WITH HIS DIVISION AT CAMP KILMER AT STELTON, NEW JERSEY ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1944 AWAITING OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. SAILED FROM THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1944 AND ARRIVED AT CHERBOURG, FRANCE ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1944. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 102ND INFANTRY 'OZARK' DIVISION IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN THE RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.