Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER IN ARIZONA, LOUISIANA, CALIFORNIA, AND TEXAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING IN THE AZORES ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO IN THE MID-NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. FIRST LIEUTENANT GARLINGTON CONTINUED IN AIR FORCE SERVICE WITH THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.