Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Abbott, New Mexico
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A RIFLEMAN. PARTICIPATED IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY IN THE NEW GEORGIA GROUP; GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS; OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS; AND THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.