Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Comanche County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE HEAVY CRUISER USS MINNEAPOLIS (CA-36). PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AT. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.