Service Details
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Branches
Army / National Guard
Years of Service
National Guard (1947-1949), 1954-1976 (Active)
Decorations
Two Legion of Merit awards; Meritorious Service Medal; Three Army Commendation Medals; Senior Parachute Badge
Pledge Class
1950
Their Story
Harry had joined the National Guard at age 16 and following graduation from high school in 1949, he enrolled in the University of Idaho to study Forestry and obtain an Army Commission.
As a distinguished military graduate in 1954, he was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. During his Army career, he served in Germany; Korea; Vietnam; and England; as well as at FT Benning, GA; FT Campbell, KY; and he served as Legislative Liaison in Washington, DC. His military awards include two awards of the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, three awards of the Army Commendation medal, and the Senior Parachute Badge. He retired from the Army in 1976. He passed away in 2012