McAlvain is Veteran of the Month

Harold McAlvain of District 5 is Choctaw Nation’s Veteran of the Month. He was born in McAlester in 1946, moved to McCurtain in 1949, and graduated from school there in 1969.

McAlvain was drafted into the U.S. Army and attended basic training at Fort Carson, Colorado. He remained there the duration of his military career.

He was a member of the Leadership Unit responsible for escorting dignitaries on base twice a week for public demonstration skills such as mountain climbing, transporting food to accident victims, walking across rope bridges and firing weapons. His unit delivered military rites for funerals and events and he was involved in training troops for duty in Vietnam.

Spec. 4 McAlvain returned from Colorado to Oklahoma City where he worked as a lead man for the Times Journal Publishing Company (owned by SWBT) making telephone books. He married Linda and they were married for 24 years before her passing in 2015. He has three stepdaughters, one daughter, and a son.

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.