Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Logan, West Virginia
Honored By
Stephen S. Mullins
Relationship
Son
JOINED THE NAVY AUGUST 25, 1942. HONORABLY DISCHARGED DECEMBER 12, 1945. ATTENDED ELECTRICIANS SCHOOL IN RHODE ISLAND. ASSIGNED TO PIER 92 IN NEW YORK CITY AND THEN ASSIGNED TO THE BATTLESHIP USS ARKANSAS, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR OFFSHORE AT NORMANDY ON D-DAY AND LATER OFF SOUTH FRANCE. RODE THE ARKANSAS BB-33 THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL, PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES, AT OKINAWA AND IWO JIMA.