Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kingsport, Tennessee
Honored By
Charles L. Greene
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN THEATRE. ENLISTED MAY 14, 1943. DISCHARGED FEBRUARY 4, 1946. HE WAS A GUNNER. HE WAS ON THE SS WILLIAM PATTERSON FROM AUGUST 28, 1943. ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 1943 CREW LOST THEIR BARRAGE BALLOON. HE THEN SERVED ON THE SS STANLEY MATHEWS APRIL 19, 1944 TO JANUARY 20, 1945. JULY 3, 1944 CREW HIT A REEF COMING OUT OF NEW GUINEA, SPENT 9 DAYS ON IT; MILNE BAY. SERVED ON THE SS HAWAIIAN SHIPPER MARCH 29, 1945 TO OCTOBER 2, 1945.