Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1946, AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SAN DIEGO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, INCLUDING IN CHINA, AND AT MARINE CORPS AREA 926 AT BARRIGADA, GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.