Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945. SERVED AT THE END OF THE WAR, INCLUDING OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS OFF ALASKA. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1947 WITH THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.