Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Deport, Lamar County, Texas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943, AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.