Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Watonga, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN USMC SERVICE IN 1942. TRANSFERRED TO THE NAVAL AIR CORPS AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN IN 1943. TRAINED, WAS AWARDED NAVAL NAVIGATOR WINGS, AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR DURING THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JULY, 1946. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.