World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Erwin Henry Voss
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wingate, Texas
Honored By
Joe Fields
He entered military service January, 1939 at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He started out with the 12th Field Artillery. He was a horseman pulling caissons, cannons and all wheeled vehicles. While there he served as a military motorcycle patrolman. He transferred later into the U.S. Army Air Corps and then in the U.S. Air Force. During WWII he served in Guam as a crew chief on a B-29 known as M-10 that completed a record of successful missions over Japan for which he was awarded the Bronze Star medal. Also, he served in many other foreign countries such as Germany, Puerto Rico, France, Scotland and Alaska.