Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Arma, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943, WAS SELECTED FOR THE NAVY COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM AND INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN. SENT TO COLLEGE AND UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SERVED DURING THE WAR AND CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVY SERVICE FOR A TIME AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.