Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN ORDER TO DO HIS PART TO HELP HIS COUNTRY'S WAR EFFORT. HE AND HIS 4 BROTHERS ALL JOINED IN THE EFFORT. SERVED AS A SUBMARINER OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.