Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Charleston, Arkansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943 AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN NEW GUINEA, AND THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE WAR, AND IN JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.