Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SAN DIEGO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CALIFORNIA; THE NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER AT MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; AND THE NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RATING OF AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.