Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Angelo, Texas
Honored By
Joe Fields
ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY (ASSIGNED TO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS) IN 1942, TRAINED AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, AND NEW ZEALAND. SERVED AS A CHIEF PHARMACIST'S MATE IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON WITH THREE BRONZE STARS. DISCHARGED IN 1945.