World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Harold Benjamin Hackenberger
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lyons, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. APPLIED, AND WAS SELECTED FOR TRAINING IN THE AVIATION CADET PROGRAM. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. REENTERED U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.