Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Erath County, Texas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN GERMANY DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CONTINUED IN U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT AS A COLONEL. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.