Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON DECEMBER 9, 1941, 2 DAYS AFTER THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.