Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Enid, Oklahoma
Honored By
H.E. Cummins, III
Relationship
Son
ENLISTED NAVY SEABEES, NOVEMBER 1942. TRAINED AT CAMP PEARY, VIRGINIA; APRIL-MAY 1943. SERVED WITH 11TH SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION; AUGUST 1943-FEBRUARY 1945 (NEW CALEDONIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS). RATE: CARPENTER'S MATE 2ND CLASS. FOUND QUALIFIED FLIGHT TRAINING; NOVEMBER 1944. NAVAL FLIGHT TRAINING NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA; AND ATHENS, GEORGIA, MARCH 1945-SEPTEMBER 1945. INACTIVE SEPTEMBER 1945; DISCHARGED JULY 1947.