Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1945, IN THE CLOSING MONTHS OF HOSTILITIES. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, PARRIS ISLAND AT BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA. AWARDED THE BASIC MARKSMANSHIP BADGE WITH EXPERT RIFLE BAR, AND BAYONET BAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SERGEANT NISKERN CONTINUED IN U.S. MARINE CORPS SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.