World War II Honoree

Lowell K. Weldon

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT BELVOIR AT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA; AND AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A COMBAT ENGINEER IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AUTHORIZED THE MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION FOR EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS PERFORMANCE BY HIS UNIT DURING SUSTAINED MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST ENEMY FORCES. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.