Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Harris, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN FEBRUARY, 1939. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS PERKINS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVAL RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT.