Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Honored By
Jesse R. Beck
SERVED FROM JANUARY 4, 1944 TO APRIL 1946. RECEIVED TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SENT TO THE PACIFIC IN APRIL 1944. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLES OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. SPENT 19 MONTHS OVERSEAS ABOARD THE USS BELLE GROVE.