Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 10TH DEFENSE BATTALION UNTIL 1944 AND THEN WITH THE PAYMASTER CORPS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.