Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
San Angelo, Texas
Honored By
Joe Fields
ENTERED THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 1943, TRAINED IN CALIFORNIA. SERVED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND JAPAN. AWARDED A PRESIDENTIAL CITATION WITH TWO CLUSTERS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH THREE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY RIBBON. DISCHARGED IN 1946.