Nickname was Buddy.  His highest education was 3 years of high school.  He was a Music Teacher before WWII.  Enlisted 23 Jun 1942, 70" high, weight 140 lbs.  He served 38 months in the Pacific theater.  His first wife was Mildred Hardman of Live Oak, FL, married 29 Dec 1945 at FBC Pensacola.  Together they had three daughters, Janet, Lora, Nina Marie.  After the war, he worked as a printer in Jacksonville, FL.  He divorced Mildred in 1954 at Bradford, FL.  His second spouse was Marion Rozear Mason of Pensacola, FL.