Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Zena, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA, PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP USS WASHINGTON (BB-56). AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. SERVED WITH THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.