Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
El Reno, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
LEFT COLLEGE TO ENLIST IN MILITARY SERVICE. SERVED OVERSEAS AS AN INFANTRYMAN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. RETURNED FROM THEATER TO THE UNITED STATES TO THE BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE TEXAS SPINE AND JOINT HOSPITAL IN TYLER, TEXAS. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.