Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942. SERVED AS AN INFANTRYMAN OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) IN BELGIUM AND GERMANY DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.