Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Needles, California
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
JOINED THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN 1942. SERVED DURING THE WAR, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO FLY JETS. CONTINUED IN U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.