Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Carnegie, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AT IWO JIMA IN THE BONIN ISLANDS, WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART. ALSO AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.