Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wagoner, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SERVED FOR SOME 3 YEARS AND WAS AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY ACTIVE AND OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE AFTER THE WAR, WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD, AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL.