Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Newport News, Virginia
Honored By
Maurice David Sandler
Served at Ojai Naval Station and 29 Palms Naval Air station, California. Served in the Pacific theatre; in a construction battalion on Saipan, Mariana Islands. Involved with maintenance of the naval air station. Served under Commander Winterholter as Shipfitter 2nd Class, member of Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 616. Served 3 years. Received the Good Conduct medal, American Area medal, WWII Victory medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon. Honorably discharged at Camp Shelton, Norfolk, virginia April 3, 1946.