Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Honored By
The Payne Family
SERVED MAY 1942 TO MAY 1946 ABOARD THE USS CANYON DE-99. ACTIVE IN THE PACIFIC. SERVED IN COMBAT IN OKINAWA. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATION RIBBON WITH BATTLE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION AND VICTORY MEDAL.