World War II Honoree

Richard Allison Ellis, M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Duncan, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA MEDICAL SCHOOL, INTERNED AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL. CALLED TO MILITARY SERVICE WHILE IN HIS INTERNSHIP, WAS COMMISSIONED A CAPTAIN AND JOINED THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED DURING THE WAR ERA, AND BECAME CHIEF OF MEDICINE AT THE ARMY STATION HOSPITAL AT CAMP STONEMAN IN PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.