Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Yale, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. STATIONED AT ATTU ISLAND, THE WESTERNMOST ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLAND CHAIN, IN THE BERING SEA OFF ALASKA. THEN SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AT KWAJALEIN ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND LATER ON OAHU, HAWAII. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.