Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hitchita, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 23, 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AND WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION DURING OPERATIONS IN FRANCE. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON AUGUST 31, 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.