Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Appleton City, Missouri
Honored By
Wilbur Allen Zink
SERVED ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS NASSAU CVE-16 AS THE 2ND LOADER OF A 40 MILLIMETER ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. IN CHARGE OF THE AIR DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND WAS THE PERSONAL YEOMAN TO THE AIR DEPARTMENT COMMANDER. PUBLISHED THE SHIP'S NEWSPAPER 'NASSAU NARRATOR'. AWARDED ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BATTLE STAR, AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL.