World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
George R. Queen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ralston, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SHEPPARD FIELD AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; FORT LOGAN AT DENVER, COLORADO; AND AT THE OXFORD RANGE AND MANEUVER AREA IN MISSISSIPPI. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN ENGLAND, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.