Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cordell, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
APPLIED FOR AND WAS SELECTED FOR PILOT TRAINING. UPON COMPLETION, WAS AWARDED GOLD NAVAL AVIATOR WINGS. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A TORPEDO BOMBER PILOT. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.