Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1946, AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, INCLUDING AT MIDWAY ISLAND, A NAVY BASE ON TWO SMALL ISLANDS THAT FORMED A CORAL ATOLL IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC AREA. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1948 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.