Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Konawa, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL INSTEAD OF GRADUATING WITH HIS CLASS IN 1945. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERTIONS (ETO) DURING THE CLOSING MONTHS OF THE WAR. STATIONED IN BERLIN, GERMANY AND MOSCOW, RUSSIA. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES AND WORKED AT THE PENTAGON IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. HE COMPLETED THE GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) REQUIREMENTS AND PARTICIPATED IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATION CEREMONY IN 1995.