Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Chanute, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP WOLTERS AT MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, INCLUDING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 22, 1946 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.