Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Claremore, Oklahoma
Honored By
Carolyn Wyckoff Stevenson
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED: JULY 15, 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 27, 1945. PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941. CORPORAL, FOURTH DEFENSE BATTALION, THIRD MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS, MARINE CORPS UNIT 775. .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUN. MIDWAY, NEW HEBRIDES, EFATE ISLAND, ESPIRITU SANTO, SOLOMON ISLANDS, GUADALCANAL, VELLA LAVELLA, TULAGI, RUSSELL ISLANDS, RENDOVA, NEW GEORGIA, NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON, AUCKLAND, NAPIER, MASTERSON, NEW CALEDONIA. HOLDER OF THE PURPLE HEART. WOUNDED AUGUST 1943. AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL WITH 1 STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 STARS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, NAVY AND MARINE COMMENDATION MEDAL, MARINE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.