Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mountain View, Arkansas
Honored By
VFW Post 6949
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE, MACHINIST. SERVED IN CHINA PRIOR TO AMERICA'S ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II AS PART OF THE YANGTZE RIVER PATROL. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THROUGHOUT THE WAR. AWARDED THE CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.