Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Angelo, Texas
Honored By
Joe Fields
ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1942, TRAINED AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. SERVED AS AN AVIATION RADIOMAN FIRST CLASS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC, AMERICAN THEATER, EUROPEAN THEATER, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION, AND WWII VICTORY RIBBONS, PRESIDENTIAL CITATION AND THIRTEEN BATTLE STARS. DISCHARGED IN 1946.