World War II Honoree

Francis Dwain Foulks

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1940. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SAN DIEGO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CALIFORNIA; THE NAVAL AIR FACILITY AT INYOKERN, CALIFORNIA; AND WITH THE NAVAL AIR TRAINING COMMAND, NAVAL AIR STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN THE NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS; AND AT GUADALCANAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL; AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE FOULKS CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTI HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.