Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
Honored By
Randy & Mike Allmon & Paula Goforth
Relationship
Children
ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY AT AGE 17 AND PROUDLY SERVED ABOARD THE USS WENATCHEE ATF-118 IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. AREAS OF THE PACIFIC INCLUDED MARSHALL ISLANDS, PEARL HARBOR, BIKINI ATOLL, KWAJALEIN ISLAND, AND ENIWETOK ISLAND. 1947, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBMARINE GROUP TWO OF THE ATLANTIC RESERVE FLEET IN ORANGE, TEXAS. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN JUNE 1949.