World War II Honoree

Loren Carroll Cleland

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Northfield, Minnesota

Honored By

Kristin Wood

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING RESERVE PROGRAM IN JUNE 1944, AND SPENT JUNE - NOVEMBER 1944 STATIONED AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY IN BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA. IN DECEMBER 1944, INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. ATTENDED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP HOOD, TEXAS FROM JANUARY - APRIL 1944, THEN WAS SENT TO RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY TO ATTEND ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING THROUGH NOVEMBER 1945. RE-ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN DECEMBER 1945 AND WAS SENT TO COMPANY CLERK SCHOOL AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI. ATTENDED PERSONNEL AFFAIRS SCHOOL AT FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SERVED AS A PERSONAL AFFAIRS COUNSELOR FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY; BORDEN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA; AND WILLIAM BEAUMONT GENERAL HOSPITAL IN EL PASO, TEXAS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN JANUARY 1947.