Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Newberry, Indiana
Honored By
Mr. Wilbur L. Ault
ARMY SERVICE NUMBER 6267625. ENLISTED JULY 31, 1942. HE COMPLETED BOOT TRAINING AT NORFOLK. THE DOCTORS AT NAVAL BASE HOSPITAL PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA DISCOVERED AN INACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS SPOT ON HIS LUNG AND THEY WOULD NOT LET HIM SERVE. SEPARATED OCTOBER 23, 1943. IN THE MID 1920S HE HAD 2 YEARS OF ROTC AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY.