Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wakeeney, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AT AGE 17, WITH HIS MOTHER'S WRITTEN PERMISSION. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A 'SEABEE' DURING THE WAR. SERVED IN MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS (CB) WHILE DEPLOYED. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.