World War II Honoree

Paul Harrison Mock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Altus, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Relationship Not Determined

ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AT THE NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE (NMMI) AT ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO. ENTERED U.S. ARMY MILITARY SERVICE ON JUNE 15, 1943, AT AGE 19. SERVED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AND THEN OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), AS AN ENGINEER IN AN ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION AND THEN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946, WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.