Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Quay, 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 WALTER REED GENERAL HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WAKEMAN GENERAL AND CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL AT CAMP ATTERBURY AT COLUMBUS, INDIANA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN JAPAN WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AFTER THE WAR. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1947 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.