World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Leamon Poteet
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Terlton, 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; SHEPPARD FIELD AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; LOVE FIELD AT DALLAS, TEXAS; BOEING FIELD AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON; EPHRATA ARMY AIR FIELD, WASHINGTON; AND GLASGOW ARMY AIR FIELD, MONTANA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN NORTH AFRICA; SICILY; AND ITALY. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT IN COMBAT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.