Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
WORKED AT THE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY PLANT AT TINKER ARMY AIR FIELD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE IN 1943. THEN JOINED THE U.S. NAVY, APPLIED FOR OFFICER TRAINING AND UPON COMPLETION WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AT PEARL HARBOR, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, WITH ASSIGNMENT TO AN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SECTION. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.