Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Gracemont, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. SERVED SOME 2 YEARS DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.