Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Henryetta, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AT AGE 17. SERVED WITH THE INFANTRY AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY AIR FORCES. SERVED DURING THE WAR, AND IN JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT.