Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Texas
Honored By
Authella Bessent
Relationship
wife
SERVED IN THE THIRD MARINE AIR WING. TRAINED AT THE SAN DIEGO MARINE BASE, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA NAVAL AIR STATION, AND CHERRY POINT NORTH CAROLINA. AS RADIO GUNNER AND GROUND DEFENSE PLATOON, WAS ATTACHED TO A SCOUT BOMBER SQUADRON THAT WAS STATIONED AT EVA AIR BASE NEAR PEARL HARBOR AND AT MIDWAY ISLAND. AFTER HONORABLE SERVICE, WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE EAGLE MT. LAKE AIR STATION IN TEXAS.