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North
High School Wall of Honor
Howard Lee Wass
Class of June, 1959
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Research done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS |
Howard
Lee Wass |
Howie
was a member of North High's class of June, 1959. His next of kin was
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wass, Jr. who lived at 4028 1st Street, Des Moines,
IA. Howie's service number was RA19704179. |
Howard Lee Wass |
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Year |
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Rank |
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Status |
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June, 1959 |
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x |
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Graduated from North High,
Des Moines, IA |
date |
x |
Student/Work? |
x |
Where and when? Left Des
Moines three days before graduation for Bakersfield, CA |
1962 |
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Enlisted/
US Army
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Enlisted in US Army in Bakersfield,
CA. |
1962 |
x |
Training |
x |
Basic Training. Fort Ord,
CA. |
1962 |
x |
Training |
x |
Data Processing School;
Fort Benjamin Harrison; Indianapolis, IN |
1963-1964 |
x |
Training |
x |
Data Processing Unit;
Fort Sill, OK |
date |
x |
Training/
Spec5 |
x |
4th Army; Fort Hood, TX
Started Data Processing. 32nd Data Processing Unit attached to
571st Ordnance Stock Control. Kept track of infomration via data
processing. |
Jan, 1965 |
x |
Discharged |
x |
Howie: Please tell the
details of how you were discharged effective January 4, 1965 by
eventually sending a telegram to Fort Hood saying, "Am alive."
Then Fort Hood sent discharge papers to you in the mail. |
date |
x |
Civilian |
x |
Real estate career. |
date |
x |
Civilian |
x |
Sold real estate business. Please
identify name and location of business. |
date |
x |
Civilian |
x |
Interests to include
Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club and Habitat for Humanity, as
well as bike pursuit |
date
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x |
Civilian |
x |
Account of bike accident. |
Present |
x |
Civilian |
x |
Current interests and pursuits. |
January 15, 2023 |
x |
Deceased |
x |
Died in Bakersfield, CA; January
15, 2023. |
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photo |
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Howard
Lee Wass
Spec5
US Army
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Medals (examples)
Medals to include WWII victory medals for campaigns
in Southern Philippines, Luzon, and New Guinea. American Service
Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, Philippine Liberation plus
Bronze Star |
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References |
(1)
The World War II Army Enlistment Records contain information on
more than nine million indivdual enlistments. These records can
be found online at http://www.archives.gov/.
(2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018
graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines
High School website. The names of North High School graduates
can be found online at: http://www.ndmhs.com/.
Howard Lee Wass's 1959 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1959(2014.55).html. |
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06/17/10. Living in Bakersfield, CA. Died 01/15/23. |
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