WWII

Luke Leonidas Draffin, Sr.

Rate / Rank
T Sergeant

Birthdate
March 3 1921

Date of Death
December 27 1999

Branch
USAAC

Active Duty Service
August 15 1941 - 1963

Conflicts & Campaigns

New Guinea; Mandated Islands; Bismarck Archipelago; Philippine Islands
Southwest Pacific May 31, 1944 - March 31, 1945

Significant Duty Stations

1020th Army Air Force Base Unit, 134th Army Air Force

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart; Wounded at Borneo on August 15, 1944.
Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four battle stars
Philippine Liberation Medal

Notes

Born; Cairo, Georgia. Graduated Cairo High School. Reenlisted in 1945. Completed 22 years service in the Air Force. Burial; Enid Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma.