Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Honored By
Jesse R. Beck
SERVED FROM AUGUST 16, 1943; SENT OVERSEAS IN APRIL 1944. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA; FOUGHT AT LEYTE, MAPIA ISLANDS, LINGAYEN GULF, LUZON, AND OKINAWA. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART; SPENT 22 MONTHS OVERSEAS WITH AN AMPHIBIOUS FORCE.