Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Honored By
Thomas E. Gray
Relationship
Grandson
SERVED AS A SEABEE STATIONED AT PEARL HARBOR WHEN ATTACKED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. WAS A MEMBER OF A CONSTRUCTION BATTALION. ASSISTED AS A DIVER IN RETRIEVING BODIES FROM THE WATER AFTER THE ATTACK. LATER HELPED REBUILD PEARL HARBOR'S MILITARY INSTALLATION.