Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Hobbs, New Mexico
Honored By
Argonne Post 26, The American Legion
GUNNER'S MATE THIRD CLASS. ENTERED THE SERVICE IN 1942, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS GILLIAM APA- 57, WHERE HE WAS ABOARD FOR ALL OF HIS MILITARY SERVICE. TOOK PART IN THREE SEPARATE INVASIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ALSO THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. DISCHARGED IN APRIL, 1946.