Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Blackwell, Oklahoma
Honored By
Ron Prichard
Relationship
Son
JOINED THE NAVY AT 17 AND SERVED FROM OCTOBER 1942 TO AUGUST 1946 AS A GUNNER'S MATE SECOND CLASS. SERVED ABOARD THE USS KNOX, THE USS REQUISITE AND USS YMS-458. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH TWO STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.