Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN ACTIVE AND RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE U.S. AIR FORCE.