Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED FOR SOME 3 YEARS DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING SOME 18 MONTHS OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. REENLISTED IN U.S. ARMY RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE INFANTRY UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED.