Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
McAllen, Texas
Honored By
Chief Rick Stone Foundation
Relationship
Son in Law
He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1944 and completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He was shipped to the Pacific and assigned to a reserve unit for the invasion of Iwo Jima. He was accepted to the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia and was assigned there when the war ended.