Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Columbia, Missouri
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS DURING THE WAR. TRANSITED THE PANAMA CANAL INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND TO ICELAND; THEN BACK THROUGH THE CANAL INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.