Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ALSO SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION AT OLATHE, KANSAS DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RATING OF AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.