Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. SERVED OVERSEAS AS AN AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. HIS SKILL WITH A TRUMPET EARNED HIM A POSITION WITH THE COMMANDER AIR PACIFIC BAND. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.