Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1931 AND TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT FRANCIS E. WARREN AT CHEYENNE, WYOMING. STATIONED AT FORT RILEY AT JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS WITH THE HORSE CAVALRY. SERVED DURING THE WAR AND CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT MAJOR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.