World War II Honoree

Wendell Vaughn Cossey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wanette, Oklahoma

Honored By

Lamar Cossey

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED IN 394TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 99TH DIVISION ON JANUARY 18, 1940 AT FORT MACARTHUR, CALIFORNIA. AFTER PEARL HARBOR, RETURNED TO CAMP IN MISSISSIPPI THEN TO CAMP MAXEY IN TEXAS. AFTER TRAINING, WAS SHIPPED TO CAMP STEWART, GEORGIA. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1944, WAS SHIPPED TO ENGLAND THEN FRANCE BEFORE ENTERING INTO BATTLE IN BELGIUM. WAS A MEMBER OF COMPANY B, 394TH REGIMENT. TOOK HEAD-ON ATTACK OF THE GERMANS IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. MISSING IN ACTION FROM DECEMBER 18 TO 28, 1944. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON JUNE 29, 1945 AT CAMP BEALE, CALIFORNIA. RECEIVED HEROIC UNIT CITATION FOR ACTION IN BELGIUM, DECEMBER 1944; BATTLE OF THE BULGE.