Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Evansville, Indiana
Honored By
Bob Currieo
Relationship
Friend
ENTERED THE NAVY SEPTEMBER 30, 1943. SERVED ABOARD THE USS ZEILIN APA-3. PARTICIPATED IN THE AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE ISLANDS OF KWAJALEIN, HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA, GUAM, LINGAYEN GULF, IWO JIMA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE SILVER STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED MAY 5, 1946. YEOMAN 2ND CLASS.