Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Calumet, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
INDUCTED IN SERVICE SEPTEMBER 22, 1941. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT FORT SILL, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. ASSIGNED TO FORT LEONARD WOOD, ROLLA, MISSOURI; THEN CAMP MURRY, WASHINGTON IN MAY, 1942 AS PART OF 119TH FIELD ARTILLERY. REASSIGNED AND ARRIVED AT KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE, 1942. SERVED AS BATTERY PHOTOGRAPHER WITH 250TH COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENT. SERVED IN ALASKA FOR 22 MONTHS. ASSIGNED TO CAMP GRUBER, BRAGGS, OKLAHOMA APRIL, 1944.