Kenneth R. Schmoker
Address:  511 Cole, Avenue, Oberlin, Kansas.
Entered Service:  May 9, 1942.
Branch of Service:  Headquarters Battery, 45th Division
- Field Artillery.
Trained at Fort Sill, Ok., Fort Devans, Mass., Pine Camp, NY., Camp Pickett, Va., Camp Patrick Henry, Va.
Overseas:  June 8, 1943.
Returned:  February 14, 1944.
Theatre of Operations:   European-African-Middle Eastern.
Engagements:  North Arfica, Sicily and Italy.
Decorations:  Purple Heart.
Discharged:  November 18, 1944 at Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pa.
Rank:  Technician Fifth Grade.
Total Time Served:  Thirty-one months.
Present Occupation:  Mechanic.
Parents:  John Fredrick and Hattie L. Schmoker.