Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Picher, Oklahoma
Honored By
Grandson
ENLISTED ON 4/21/44 IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA AS APPRENTICE SEAMAN, CLASS V-6 U.S. NAVAL RESERVE. BASIC TRAINING IN FARRAGUT, IDAHO. TRANSFERRED TO SMALL CRAFT TRAINING CENTER IN SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA 7/18/44-9/18/44. ASSIGNED TO THE USS WHITESIDE ON 11/6/44. TRANSFERRED TO THE USS CHOTAUK, SERVING THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (PEARL HARBOR), ON 11/29/44. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 2/1/46 IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. ALSO SERVED IN KOREA.