Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED FROM JANUARY 7, 1944 UNTIL JANUARY 26, 1946. SERVED ABOARD THE USS BATAAN (CVL-29). AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL.