Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Tipton, Oklahoma
Honored By
Family
SERVED FROM MARCH 14, 1942 TO MARCH 13, 1946; LOW SPEED RADIO OPERATOR, OCTOBER 19, 1942 TO OCTOBER 31, 1944 IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER; PARTICIPATED IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY JAPANESE FORCES AT GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS, JANUARY 4, 1943 TO FEBRUARY 19, 1943. IN ACTION AGAINST ENEMY FORCES TARAWA, GILBERT ISLANDS, NOVEMBER 20, 1943 TO DECEMBER 1, 1943, IN ACTION ON SAIPAN JUNE 15, 1944 TO JULY 9, 1944, IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY FORCES AT TINIAN, MARSHALL ISLANDS, JULY 24, 1944 TO AUGUST 9, 1943.