Education
He graduated from Snyder, Oklahoma High School in 1937 and attended Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma
He graduated from Snyder, Oklahoma High School in 1937 and attended Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma
Treadwell joined the Army from Snyder, Oklahoma in January 1941, and by March 18, 1945 was serving as a first lieutenant in command of Company F, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. During a battle on that day, near Nieder-Wurzbach in Germany, Treadwell single-handedly captured six German bunkers. He was subsequently promoted to captain and, on September 14, 1945, awarded the Medal of Honor.
According to Signal Corps photo 210821, Treadwell received his Ministry of Health from President Truman on 23 August 1945. in 1937 and 1938.
He is a graduate of the University of Omaha class of 1963, Nebraska. Treadwell reached the rank of colonel before leaving the Army in 1974.
He died at age 58 and was buried at the Fort Sill Post Cemetery near Lawton, Oklahoma. Medal of Honor citation Eight men sent to attack a single point had all become casualties on the bare slope when By his courageous willingness to face nearly impossible odds and by his overwhelming one-man offensive.
Murderous enemy automatic and rifle fire with intermittent artillery bombardments had pinned down his company for hours at the base of a hill defended by concrete fortifications and interlocking trenches.