Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dallas, Georgia
Honored By
Clifford B. Dunaway, Sr.
SERVED FROM 1941 TO 1945 IN THE PACIFIC. COMMISSIONED THE USS ATLANTA LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT CRUISER ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1941 IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. SERVED ON THE SHIP THROUGHOUT THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN AND EVENTUALLY WAS SUNK IN A BIG NIGHTTIME BATTLE WITH JAPANESE WAR SHIPS.