Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Pawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED AND SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT MANHATTAN BEACH, NEW YORK; AND ON PATROL IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN AREA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RATING OF CHIEF BOATSWAIN'S MATE AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.