World War II Honoree

Fount Boyd Bartley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SHEPPARD FIELD AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; GULFPORT ARMY AIR FIELD, MISSISSIPPI; LAREDO ARMY AIR FIELD, TEXAS; AND GOWEN FIELD AT BOISE, IDAHO. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INITIALLY AT BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND. FLEW 30 MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) DURING THE WAR. WOUNDED IN ACTION DURING A MISSION OVER KIEL, GERMANY IN 1944 AND AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART. ALSO AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.