Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Abilene, Texas
Honored By
Son and Family
SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC FOR TWO YEARS. TRAINED FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN. WOUNDED IN ACTION. RECOVERED INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION FROM DOWNED NAVY PLANE ON JAPANESE HELD ISLAND AND RECOVERED THE BODIES OF THE TWO PILOTS. HE ENTERED THE NAVY AT THE AGE OF 17.