Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Plainview, Texas
Honored By
Lanny Voss
Relationship
Friend
JULY 8, 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 18, 1945. RIFLE EXPERT. SERVED ABOARD USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48. SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC CAMPAIGN. ENGAGED IN COMBAT AGAINST THE JAPANESE WHILE SERVING ABOARD SHIP AND ON THE FOLLOWING PACIFIC ISLANDS: SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS, TINIAN, OKINAWA AND RYUKYU ISLANDS. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON AUGUST 4, 1944 ON TINIAN, MARIANA ISLANDS. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON AND HONORABLE DISCHARGE BUTTON.