World War II Honoree

Johnnie D. Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT RILEY AT JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS; FORT DEVENS AT AYER, MASSACHUSETTS; FORT GEORGE G. MEADE AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; CAMP ASHBY AT VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA; CAMP BRANCH, NORTH CAROLINA; AND CAMP CAMPBELL AT HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN FRANCE, AND GERMANY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN GERMANY IN 1945, 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 TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.