World War II Honoree

Jesse Windle Place

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Blackburn, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT SILL AT LAWTON, OKLAHOMA; CAMP CALLAN AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; CAMP HAAN AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA; AND FORT JACKSON AT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN EUROPE DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (2 CAMPAIGNS), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AUTHORIZED THE EXPERT MARKSMANSHIP QUALIFICATION BADGE WITH ‘RIFLE’ QUALIFICATION BAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.