World War II Honoree

Barbara Lucille Parsons Reed

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Conway, Arkansas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1945, AFTER GRADUATING AS A REGISTERED NURSE (RN) FROM CHARITY HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. JOINED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS WITH A COMMISSION AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED DURING THE WAR AND WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.