Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kellyville, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1942 WHILE A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED 24 MONTHS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ON THE ISLAND OF MANUS IN THE ADMIRALTY ISLAND CHAIN. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AFTER 3 YEARS OF SERVICE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.