World War II Honoree

John Wagner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lincoln, Nebraska

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS ON NEW GUINEA, IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND ON OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES ON OKINAWA AND IN KOREA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.