Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
Relationship
Relationship Not Determined
SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) DURING THE WAR. HE LANDED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE ON D-DAY (JUNE 6, 1944), PARTICIPATED IN THE FIGHT FOR THE PORT CITY OF BREST, FRANCE, AND WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL PATTON DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.