Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE ON JANUARY 4, 1943. RECEIVED TRAINING IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT BRADY AT REXFORD, MICHIGAN; CAMP VAN DORN AT CENTREVILLE, MISSISSIPPI; FORT BENNING AT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA AND FORT ORD AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. DEPARTED FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN FEBRUARY, 1944. STATIONED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS IN NEW GUINEA IN APRIL, 1944. 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.