Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Laredo, Texas
Honored By
Douglas M. Alford, USN
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINED THE ARMY. AFTER BASIC TRAINING HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE FOUGHT IN MANY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. WITH THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB AND THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN, HE WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AND RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES.