Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Hanner-Sharp American Legion Post 129
ATTENDED THE OKLAHOMA MILITARY ACADEMY AT CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA. UPON GRADUATION, ENLISTED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN 1944 AT AGE 18. SELECTED FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK AND ENTERED THE 'LONG GRAY LINE' IN 1946. COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT OF INFANTRY WITH THE CLASS OF 1950. SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.