World War II Honoree

Horace 'Dean' Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wayne, McClain County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

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VOLUNTEERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), DURING THE WAR. SERVED PRIMARILY IN GERMANY. PARTICIPATED IN CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING THE RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JUNE, 1946, WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.