Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Norman, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
LEFT HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATING IN ORDER TO ENTER MILITARY SERVICE. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA OF OPERATIONS FROM SEPTEMBER, 1943 TO DECEMBER, 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AFTER RETURNING FROM THE WAR.