Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Hanner-Sharp American Legion Post 129
SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). PARTICIPATED IN THE ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) CAMPAIGN WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR BY THE GERMANS. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.