World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Claude G. Wilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Honored By
Ms. Mary Wilson
Relationship
Wife
Enlisted November 19, 1942. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant July 1943. Entered combat September 1944 with 334th Field Artillery Battalion, 87th Infantry Division, Patton's 3rd Army European Theater of Operations, Alsace, Metz, Battle of the Bulge, Rhineland, Czechoslovakia. Awarded European Theater of Operations Ribbon with 3 Battle Stars, Bronze Stars Medal and discharged as Captain in July 1946.