Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Brinkman, Greer County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS A SEABEE OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. SEABEES WERE U.S. NAVY CONSTRUCTION TROOPS, SERVING IN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS (C.B.), FROM WHICH THE NICKNAME WAS DERIVED. HIS UNIT HELPED TO BUILD BASES, ROADS AND AIRSTRIPS. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.