Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Grant County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED AS A RADIO OPERATOR OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN NAPLES AND CORSICA IN ITALY, DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945, WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.