World War II Honoree

Kenneth C. Provine

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Jennings, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT MARINE CORPS BASE, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; AND CAMP ELLIOTT AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN NEW ZEALAND; IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA; ON GUADALCANAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS; ON TARAWA ATOLL IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, AND AT SAIPAN AND TINIAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (4 CAMPAIGNS), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.