Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN BEFORE ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE WITH THE MARINE CORPS IN 1942. SERVED FOR 3 YEARS INCLUDING IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER STATIONED ON OKINAWA AND IN JAPAN. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.