Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942, AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED DURING THE WAR AND WAS AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.