Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Checotah, Oklahoma
Honored By
Family
Relationship
Son
SERVED FROM AUGUST 1942 TO OCTOBER 1945 ABOARD AN LST 449, THE USS MCCAWLEY, WHICH WAS SUNK IN ACTION, AND THE USS PRESIDENT JACKSON. HE WAS STATIONED AT THE AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE IN OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA AND ATTENDED NAVAL TRAINING STATION CHAPMAN COLLEGE.