Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Pawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED SERVICE AT NAVY INDUCTION STATION, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA ON MARCH 31, 1944. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 2ND MARINE 'THE SILENT SECOND' DIVISION DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING AT TINIAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. THEN SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.