Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Stilwell, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
JOINED THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC) AT AGE 17 AND WORKED IN WYOMING. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN JANUARY, 1940. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR. COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT WHILE OVERSEAS. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER WAR'S END. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.