World War II Honoree

Lowell Graves Winkler

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Montezuma, Kansas

Honored By

G. H. King

DRAFTED MARCH 22, 1945, HE ENTERED SERVICE AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. RECEIVED BASIC INFANTRY TRAINING AT CAMP MAXEY, TEXAS. SHIPPED OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR ADVANCED INFANTRY TRAINING. EXPECTED TO BE PART OF INVASION FORCE OF JAPAN. WAS IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. TRANSFERRED TO THE 391ST ENGINEER DEPOT COMPANY AT BATANGAS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHERE HE SERVED ONE YEAR IN DEPOT INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COLLECTED FROM THROUGHOUT PHILIPPINE ISLAND CAMPAIGNS AND FORWARDED FROM THE EUROPEAN THEATER. DISCHARGED DECEMBER 13, 1946 AT CAMP BEALE, CALIFORNIA WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON.