Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Walton R. Haddix
SERVED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. WAS THE LAST ONE OF A FEW WHO HELD THE LAST ALLIED BASTION, PORT MORESBY NEW GUINEA AGAINST THE JAPANESE ATTACK. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN AUSTRALIA, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND NUMEROUS OTHER ISLANDS EARNING THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH BRONZE STAR, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND NUMEROUS OTHER COMMENDATIONS.