World War II Honoree

Don N. Haley

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 FORT ORD AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA; AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, HOLLAND, AND GERMANY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). THEN SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. SERGEANT HALEY WAS EN ROUTE FROM GERMANY TO SEATTLE TO BE DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE WHEN THE PLANE HE WAS ABOARD CRASHED ON DECEMBER 8, 1945 AT BILLINGS, MONTANA. HE DIED OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH.