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Attention Veterans:
If you need assistance finding a job, training program information
or information on veterans benefits, please contact a veterans
representative at the Career Connection Center, Workforce
Oklahoma (eastside office) located at 7401 NE 23rd St . There are
three Veterans Representatives assigned to this office who work
for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission: You can also
call our local DHS Office at 580-228-3581
Carl Williams, Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialist,
phone: (405) 713-2206, email: carl.williams@oesc.state.ok.us
( U.S. Air Force retired)
Tom Zach, local veterans employment representative (LVER),
phone: (405) 734-2273, email: thomas.zach@tinker.af.mil
( U.S. Air Force retired)
(Out-stationed at Tinker Air Force Base at the Family Support
Center, bldg #1)
Lucius Drawhorn, local veterans employment representative
(LVER), phone: (405) 713-6514, email:
lucius.drawhorn@oesc.state.ok.us
(U.S. Army veteran)
If you need assistance finding a job, training program information
or information on veterans benefits, please contact a veterans
representative at the Career Connection Center, Workforce
Oklahoma (eastside office) located at 7401 NE 23rd St . There are
three Veterans Representatives assigned to this office who work
for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission: You can also
call our local DHS Office at 580-228-3581
Carl Williams, Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialist,
phone: (405) 713-2206, email: carl.williams@oesc.state.ok.us
( U.S. Air Force retired)
Tom Zach, local veterans employment representative (LVER),
phone: (405) 734-2273, email: thomas.zach@tinker.af.mil
( U.S. Air Force retired)
(Out-stationed at Tinker Air Force Base at the Family Support
Center, bldg #1)
Lucius Drawhorn, local veterans employment representative
(LVER), phone: (405) 713-6514, email:
lucius.drawhorn@oesc.state.ok.us
(U.S. Army veteran)
Sergeant Major Clinton A. Puckett
served as the 6th Sergeant Major of
the Marine Corps from 1 February
1973, until he retired from active duty
on 31 May 1975.
Born 6 March 1926, in Waurika,
Oklahoma, he grew up in Roswell, New
Mexico. He joined the Marine Corps on
18 February 1944 at Santa Fe, New
Mexico and went through recruit
training at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, San Diego, California. Moving
north, he joined the 5th Marine
Division at Camp Pendleton. He
trained with the division and as a
rifleman and landed on Iwo Jima on
D-Day, 19 February 1945. Puckett
later witnessed the famous flag raising
on Mount Suribachi on 23 February
1945.
Following the Iwo Campaign, he was
sent back to Camp Pendleton where
he served as a military policeman until
his discharge in 1946.
Puckett returned to the Corps in July
1947 as and was ordered to duty at
the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San
Diego. In late 1947 he received orders
to sea duty and spent 2 1/2 years
aboard the cruiser Columbus. He was
promoted to corporal in May 1948.
Corporal Puckett then returned to San
Diego where he served as a drill
instructor until 1951.
As a sergeant he was ordered to
Korea with Company G, 3d Battalion,
5th Marines and was promoted to staff
sergeant in October 1951. While on
patrol in June 1952, Puckett earned
the Navy Cross for extraordinary
heroism against a vastly superior
enemy force. His patrol, operating well
forward of a friendly outpost, was
pinned down by the enemy. Puckett
ordered a withdrawal covering his men
with submachine gun fire, accounting
for four enemy dead and although
wounded in the left hand by grenade
fragments, continued to cover his
patrol's withdrawal. Upon returning to
the outpost, Puckett discovered that
three of his men were missing. He
organized a small rescue party. After a
brief skirmish in hostile territory, they
located the missing Marines, two of
whom were seriously wounded in the
legs, and returned them to safety.
Newly promoted to technical sergeant,
Puckett, following a brief period of duty
at Camp Pendleton, returned to San
Diego to attend the newly established
Drill Instructor School. He graduated
first in his class and was retained by
the school as an instructor.
In July 1955 he was ordered to Korea
where he served as an advisor for the
Korean Marine Corps until September
1956. He was promoted to master
sergeant in October 1955. Returning
to Camp Pendleton he was assigned
as a company First Sergeant and later
as regimental operations chief with the
2d Infantry Training Regiment. During
his tour there, he was promoted to first
sergeant.
He became the First Sergeant of
Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor in April
1959 and was promoted to sergeant
major in February 1960. In May 1962
he returned to Camp Pendleton as
Sergeant Major of the 1st
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine
Division and in April 1964 was
assigned to the 3d Battalion, 5th
Marines. He went to Vietnam with that
battalion (redesignated the 1st
Battalion, 3d Marines) in September
1965.
Following a two-year tour on the
Inspector-Instructor Staff, 3d Battalion,
23d Marines, 4th Marine Division in
San Bruno, California, he again
returned to duty in Vietnam, serving as
the Sergeant Major of the 7th Marines.
He was reassigned to Camp H. M.
Smith, Hawaii, in September 1969 and
served there until July 1970 when
ordered to duty at Headquarters
Marine Corps. He had been the
Personnel Sergeant Major of the
Marine Corps until he assumed duties
as Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
on 1 February 1973.
Sergeant Major Puckett's personal
decorations include the Navy Cross,
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal,
Purple Heart, Navy Commendation
Medal with Combat "V" and the
Combat Action Ribbon.
served as the 6th Sergeant Major of
the Marine Corps from 1 February
1973, until he retired from active duty
on 31 May 1975.
Born 6 March 1926, in Waurika,
Oklahoma, he grew up in Roswell, New
Mexico. He joined the Marine Corps on
18 February 1944 at Santa Fe, New
Mexico and went through recruit
training at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, San Diego, California. Moving
north, he joined the 5th Marine
Division at Camp Pendleton. He
trained with the division and as a
rifleman and landed on Iwo Jima on
D-Day, 19 February 1945. Puckett
later witnessed the famous flag raising
on Mount Suribachi on 23 February
1945.
Following the Iwo Campaign, he was
sent back to Camp Pendleton where
he served as a military policeman until
his discharge in 1946.
Puckett returned to the Corps in July
1947 as and was ordered to duty at
the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San
Diego. In late 1947 he received orders
to sea duty and spent 2 1/2 years
aboard the cruiser Columbus. He was
promoted to corporal in May 1948.
Corporal Puckett then returned to San
Diego where he served as a drill
instructor until 1951.
As a sergeant he was ordered to
Korea with Company G, 3d Battalion,
5th Marines and was promoted to staff
sergeant in October 1951. While on
patrol in June 1952, Puckett earned
the Navy Cross for extraordinary
heroism against a vastly superior
enemy force. His patrol, operating well
forward of a friendly outpost, was
pinned down by the enemy. Puckett
ordered a withdrawal covering his men
with submachine gun fire, accounting
for four enemy dead and although
wounded in the left hand by grenade
fragments, continued to cover his
patrol's withdrawal. Upon returning to
the outpost, Puckett discovered that
three of his men were missing. He
organized a small rescue party. After a
brief skirmish in hostile territory, they
located the missing Marines, two of
whom were seriously wounded in the
legs, and returned them to safety.
Newly promoted to technical sergeant,
Puckett, following a brief period of duty
at Camp Pendleton, returned to San
Diego to attend the newly established
Drill Instructor School. He graduated
first in his class and was retained by
the school as an instructor.
In July 1955 he was ordered to Korea
where he served as an advisor for the
Korean Marine Corps until September
1956. He was promoted to master
sergeant in October 1955. Returning
to Camp Pendleton he was assigned
as a company First Sergeant and later
as regimental operations chief with the
2d Infantry Training Regiment. During
his tour there, he was promoted to first
sergeant.
He became the First Sergeant of
Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor in April
1959 and was promoted to sergeant
major in February 1960. In May 1962
he returned to Camp Pendleton as
Sergeant Major of the 1st
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine
Division and in April 1964 was
assigned to the 3d Battalion, 5th
Marines. He went to Vietnam with that
battalion (redesignated the 1st
Battalion, 3d Marines) in September
1965.
Following a two-year tour on the
Inspector-Instructor Staff, 3d Battalion,
23d Marines, 4th Marine Division in
San Bruno, California, he again
returned to duty in Vietnam, serving as
the Sergeant Major of the 7th Marines.
He was reassigned to Camp H. M.
Smith, Hawaii, in September 1969 and
served there until July 1970 when
ordered to duty at Headquarters
Marine Corps. He had been the
Personnel Sergeant Major of the
Marine Corps until he assumed duties
as Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
on 1 February 1973.
Sergeant Major Puckett's personal
decorations include the Navy Cross,
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal,
Purple Heart, Navy Commendation
Medal with Combat "V" and the
Combat Action Ribbon.