Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Magnolia, Arkansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE PRIOR TO THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. TRAINED AT FORT DIX AT WRIGHTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN HAWAII. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.