Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Konawa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN APRIL, 1942 AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY DURING THE WAR. ASSIGNED TO DUTIES WITH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER, 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.