Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN APRIL, 1942. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER ASSIGNED TO THE NAVY SEABEE BAND IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND LATER IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS WITH THE SEABEE BAND, HE WAS REASSIGNED TO THE NAVY SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS AN INSTRUCTOR. SERVED FOR ONE YEAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER, 1945. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.