Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Edmond, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AT SAIPAN AND TINIAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, AND OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN U.S. MARINE CORPS SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS.