Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Angelo, Texas
Honored By
Joe Fields
ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1944, TRAINED IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, GUAM, SAIPAN, OKINAWA AND JAPAN. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON, FIVE BATTLE STARS, AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. DISCHARGED IN 1945.