Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bethany, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A SIGNALMAN ABOARD THE SEAPLANE TENDERS USS CURRITUCK (AV-7), AND USS HALF-MOON (AVP-26). AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.