Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Perkins, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. HE SERVED ABOARD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SHIPS, INCLUDING A MINESWEEPER. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVY SERVICE AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. ENTERED U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT (E-7).