Holcomb is May Veteran of the Month

Royce Holcomb of District 8 is Choctaw Nation’s Veteran of the Month.

Holcomb was raised in Boswell and graduated from Boswell High School in 1971. That year, he joined the U.S. Army Reserves. He completed his basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey

Over the next two years, Sgt. Holcomb participated in numerous trainings and received a National Defense Service Medal (one Bronze Star) and a Bronze Marksmanship Medal in Germany in August 1987, where he and his team competed against German soldiers using their rifles on their field. The American team took the gold, silver and bronze medals. He also participated in Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Sgt. Holcomb retired from duty in 1995 and returned to Boswell where he worked as a floor covering technician for 20 years, then at a flooring company in Durant, managing the warehouse before his retirement. He now drives a bus for the Choctaw District 8 senior center in Hugo.

Holcomb and his wife, Kitty, have three children and five grandchildren. His family has a rich heritage of military personnel that includes his father, a WWII Veteran, and his grandfather, an original Code Talker of WWI.

The Choctaw Nation holds our Veterans in the highest esteem and appreciates their sacrifices and contributions to preserve our freedoms and the way of life we hold dear.