World War II Honoree

Walter Kenneth Duckworth

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP SHELBY AT HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI; IN THE LOUISIANA MANEUVERS, AND DESERT MANEUVERS; AND AT FORT DIX AT WRIGHTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN NORTH AFRICA, AND ITALY. PARTICIPATED IN THE ROME-ARNO, NORTH APENNINES, AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, SILVER STAR FOR GALLANTRY IN BATTLE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, 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 SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.