Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Fairfax, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942 AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1947 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED.