Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT LAWTON AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON OVERLOOKING PUGET SOUND. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HOSPITALIZED IN 1944, AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AS A PRIVATE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.