Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE WITH THE SEABEES DURING THE WAR. SAILED OVERSEAS IN APRIL, 1943 AND SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. STATIONED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA ON GUADALCANAL WITH THE 61ST NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION IN 1943-1944. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.