Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lubbock, Texas
Honored By
VMI-Mc'43
SERVED ABOARD A DESTROYER THE USS PHILLIP UNTIL MAY OF 1946. HE PARTICIPATED IN NINE INVASIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND BORNEO. HE WAS AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH TWO BATTLE STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE BATTLE STAR, AND THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON.