Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Spurgeon, Indiana
Honored By
Kenneth V. Hunley
ENSIGN; RECEIVED HIS WINGS IN AUGUST 1944, JOINED SQUADRON VBF-15 AS ASSISTANT FLIGHT OFFICER FLYING THE F4U-CORSAIR OFF USS HORNET. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.