Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Marietta, Ohio
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED FOUR YEARS. STATIONED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER, INCLUDING AT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, EL TORO IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. SERVED 18 MONTHS OVERSEAS AS A DOUGLAS SBD 'DAUNTLESS' SCOUT DIVE-BOMBER PILOT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.