Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. TRAINED AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. APPLIED FOR AND WAS SELECTED FOR OFFICER TRAINING AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AT AGE 18. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA IN THE FAR EAST DURING AND AFTER THE WAR. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.