World War II Honoree

John Henry Paschal, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Taft, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AND THEN OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORTHERN FRANCE, AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. HE SUPERVISED THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF WHEELED VEHICLES, INCLUDING ASSIGNING WORK TO MECHANICS AND REPAIRMEN HE SUPERVISED. HE WAS ALSO ENGAGED IN THE OVERHAUL OF VEHICLE ENGINES AND IN ACETYLENE WELDING. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (4 CAMPAIGNS), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JUNE, 1945, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.