Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kenova, West Virginia
Honored By
Karen Hartman Phifer
Relationship
Daughter
TECHNICAL SERGEANT. 1ST AIR CARGO CONTROL SQUADRON. ENLISTED AT HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, SWORN IN AT FORT THOMAS, KENTUCKY ON JUNE 3, 1942. TRAINED AT KEESLER FIELD AND ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. AIR TRANSPORTATION TECHNICIAN, MARKSMAN M1903 RIFLE, EXPERT CARBINE RIFLE. SERVED IN NEW GUINEA AND SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH 2 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. DISCHARGED 1946.