Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Liberty, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE TWO WEEKS AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY 13, 1942. SERVED OVERSEAS AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AND ON WAKE ISLAND. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.