World War II Honoree

Leo Eugene Case

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Byron, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

INDUCTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE ON MAY 9, 1942 AT FORT SILL, AT LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE NORTH AFRICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (NATOUSA), FOR SOME 35 MONTHS, WITH AFRICAN SERVICE COMMAND. STATIONED IN THE BELGIAN CONGO IN CENTRAL AFRICA, BRITISH GOLD COAST IN WEST AFRICA, AND AT THE CITY OF MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA IN NORTH CENTRAL AFRICA. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 17, 1945, AT CAMP CHAFFEE AT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.