Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
DRAFTED INTO U.S. ARMY SERVICE IN NOVEMBER, 1941, BEFORE THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII AND THE UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO THE WAR. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR AND WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER, 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.