Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Enid, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS ON NOVEMBER 17, 1941. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH AN AMPHIBIOUS RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AT MIDWAY, SAIPAN, TINIAN, IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 1, 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.