Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Seiling, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND SERVED FOR 4 YEARS. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AT SAIPAN AND ON OKINAWA DURING THE WAR AND WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AT NAGASAKI, JAPAN AFTER THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.