Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ryan, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AT AGE 17, BEFORE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED AS A SIGNALMAN DURING THE WAR, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. AFTER HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY, RETURNED TO HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED.