Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS A SEABEE OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 4TH SPECIAL NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION. SEABEES WERE U.S. NAVY CONSTRUCTION TROOPS, SERVING IN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS (C.B.), FROM WHICH THE NICKNAME WAS DERIVED. STATIONED MAINLY ON OKINAWA, IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.