Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lebanon, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED ABOUT FOUR YEARS; THE FIRST TWO IN THE AMERICAN THEATER; THEN, SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER FOR THE NEXT TWO UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.