Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Springfield, Missouri
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED U.S. NAVAL RESERVE SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1941. APPLIED, AND WAS SELECTED FOR THE NAVY V-5 AVIATION CADET PROGRAM. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF NAVAL FLIGHT TRAINING, AWARDED HIS GOLD NAVAL AVIATOR WINGS AND COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN. SERVED AS A PILOT UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.