Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN 1944. SERVED ON A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, INVASION OF OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS, AND THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.