Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Okarche, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, WITH THE 6TH RANGER INFANTRY BATTALION. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AT LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.