Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Paoli, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SERVED WITH THE GLIDER INFANTRY OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.