Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
MOVED TO WICHITA, KANSAS AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940. HE WORKED FOR CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY IN WICHITA FOR SOME TWO YEARS UNTIL HE WAS DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED DURING THE WAR AND WAS AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946, WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.