Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Acworth, Georgia
Honored By
Harold Mote
SERVED 1941-1945 IN THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC THEATRES ON THE USS BIRMINGHAM CL-62. SAW COMBAT IN SICILY AND NORTH AFRICA. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, PURPLE HEART, NAVY AIR MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ATLANTIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.