World War II Honoree

Wesley H. Harshbarger

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE AT NEW RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING AT GUADALCANAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS; ON THE FRENCH ISLAND OF NEW CALEDONIA ON THE NORTHEAST APPROACH TO AUSTRALIA; ON GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS; AND ON BANIKA ISLAND IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, SOME 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUADALCANAL. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT IN COMBAT, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.