Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Pawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1946, AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS AT ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ON LUZON, IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1947 WITH THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.