Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Roanoke County, Virginia
Honored By
Mrs. Dorothy Hartman Carroll
NAVAL SERVICE, SEPTEMBER, 1939 TO JANUARY, 1943. DURING THE DECEMBER 7TH ATTACK, WAS CREDITED WITH MANNING GUN WHICH DESTROYED JAPANESE PLANE. DURING FIERCE BATTLE OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN SUBMARINE WAS SUNK WITH 102 ABOARD. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 2 STARS, SUBMARINE COMBAT INSIGNIA WITH 1 STAR, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE, WWII VICTORY, AREA CAMPAIGN AND PURPLE HEART.