Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orient, Texas
Honored By
Joe Fields
HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1943, TRAINED AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND SERVED AS A MACHINIST'S MATE 2ND CLASS ABOARD THE MOTOR GUNBOAT USS PGM-1 IN THE PACIFIC. HE WAS AWARDED THE ASIAN THEATER, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBONS. DISCHARGED IN 1946.