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Southwest Oklahoma servicemen training and honors list
Lawton area soldiers and airmen receive awards and complete advanced schooling in Virginia Alabama and Vietnam. Lt Col Victor Keefe and Maj Ralph Purvis Jr. are cited for multiple medals and future postings at Fort Sill and Fort Leavenworth. Sgt J C Rivera First Sgt Richard Murphy and Sgt Willie Womack earn Bronze Star and Army Commendation medals for Vietnam service. Pfc Sunny E Alexander completes ballistic missile test station repair course at Redstone Arsenal Alabama.
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Victor F. Keefe
Keefe
St. Mary's University
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Sill
Ralph M. Purvis Jr
Ralph M. Purvis
Oak
Army Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Maj
Purvis
Army
Navy
Air Force
Cameron College
University of Maryland and
Park College
Parksville
Nancy
Will
Sunny E. Alexander
Lawton Ave
Army Missile and Munitions Center
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Pfc
Alexander
Lawton High School
Aleta Eaton
Huntsville