Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Huntington, Indiana
Honored By
Huntington County Veterans' Service Office
QUIT HIGH SCHOOL AFTER HIS JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL TO JOIN THE NAVY. SERVED JULY 13, 1943 TO JANUARY 27, 1946 PRIMARILY IN THE PACIFIC WITH THE 115TH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION AND ACHIEVED THE RANK OF MACHINIST'S MATE 3RD CLASS. EARNED THE AMERICAN AREA RIBBON, THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY RIBBON, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR.