World War II Honoree

Harold W. Bean

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wichita Falls, Texas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC), A U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE DURING THE WAR AND SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. RE-ENLISTED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT.