World War II Honoree

Charlie H. Ballinger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Jennings, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT FRANCIS E. WARREN AT CHEYENNE, WYOMING; AND MARCH FIELD AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.