World War II Honoree

Frank William Wallace

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Afton, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

HE LEFT HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATING TO HELP BUILD ARMY CAMPS. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN JANUARY, 1943. SERVED AS A TRUCK DRIVER AND RIFLEMAN OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER SERVICE STARS (5 CAMPAIGNS), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER, 1945, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. AFTER THE WAR AND WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, HE PASSED THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM AND BECAME A UNIVERSITY GRADUATE.