Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Durant, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN THE NAVY V-12 COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM IN JUNE, 1944. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN AND SENT TO COLLEGE FOR TRAINING. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED.