Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Ben Wheeler, Texas
Honored By
Deborah Hall Daugherty
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED AS FLIGHT RADIOMAN, FIRST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING SOUTH PACIFIC SEPTEMBER 1942 THROUGH JULY 1944. RECEIVED THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION FOR SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE FORWARD AREAS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC INCLUDING TULAGI, GANUTU, TANAMBOGO, FLORIDA, GUADALCANAL, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLAND. RECEIVED AIR MEDAL FOR HEROISM WHILE SERVING IN SUPPORT OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS SEPTEMBER 25, 1942 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1942.