World War II Honoree

Clyde Hibbert, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ralston, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD AT ROLLA, MISSOURI; FORT LEAVENWORTH AT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS; CAMP HAAN AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA; FORT BLISS AT EL PASO, TEXAS; CAMP CARSON AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO; AND FORT FRANCIS E. WARREN AT CHEYENNE, WYOMING. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, AND GERMANY, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). FOUGHT IN THE ARDENNES-ALSACE CAMPAIGN (BATTLE OF THE BULGE). WOUNDED IN ACTION DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN GERMANY IN 1944. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.