Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1946, AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES AND DURING THE WAR PERIOD. STATIONED ON GUAM, A U.S. TERRITORY IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1949, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.