Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE LANDING SHIP MEDIUM USS LSM-50. PARTICIPATED IN THE LINGAYEN GULF LANDINGS ON JANUARY 9, 1945 DURING THE LUZON OPERATION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; THE VISAYAN ISLAND LANDINGS FROM MARCH 26-28, AND APRIL 2, 1945; AND PALAWAN ISLAND LANDINGS ON FEBRUARY 28, 1945; BOTH DURING THE CONSOLIDATION AND CAPTURE OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES; AND THE BRUNEI BAY OPERATION FROM JUNE 10-14, 1945, DURING THE BORNEO OPERATION IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO IN THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.