Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Elgin, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED AT AGE 17 IN U.S. NAVY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945. SERVED DURING THE WAR, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.