Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SELECTED FOR THE NAVY V-5 AVIATION CADET PROGRAM. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AS AN AVIATION CADET. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AFTER TWO YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY, RELEASED FROM SERVICE AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A NAVAL AVIATION CADET. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.