Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN JUNE, 1943. SERVED AS A 'SEABEE' OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 66TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION. STATIONED ON ADAK ISLAND, IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS OFF ALASKA. LATER STATIONED AT OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN FEBRUARY, 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.