World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Vernon Wallace Nixon
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ralston, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP WALLACE AT HITCHCOCK, TEXAS; AND AT THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER AT CAMP BRADFORD AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AT PALERMO, SICILY. ALSO SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AT GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RATING OF ELECTRICIAN'S MATE THIRD CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.