Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Wichita, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
JOINED THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. LATER, ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AND SERVED DURING AND AFTER THE WAR PERIOD, INCLUDING IN GERMANY. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘GERMANY’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.