Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER ABOARD THE ESCORT DESTROYER USS HOWARD D. CROW (DE-252). HE MANNED THE ENGINE ROOM AND MADE NUMEROUS ATLANTIC OCEAN CROSSINGS ESCORTING ALLIED SHIPPING. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.