Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
WORKED IN WYOMING WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC) PRIOR TO THE WAR. RETURNED HOME AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR AND ENLISTED IN THE NAVY. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE NORMAN, OKLAHOMA NORTH NAVY BASE. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER INCLUDING IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.