World War II Honoree

Weldon Lester Owens

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 KNOX AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE NORTH AFRICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (NATOUSA) DURING THE WAR. TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICA IN 1943. LIBERATED FROM CAPTIVITY IN 1945 AND REPATRIATED TO THE UNITED STATES. AWARDED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.