World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Verner Eugene Austin
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Terrell, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a Captain and as the leader of a 37-mm Gun Platoon of Weapons Company, First Battalion, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands during 1944. Awarded the silver star medal for gallantry in action and the purple heart.