Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mountain View, Arkansas
Honored By
VFW Post 6949
RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE DURING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING ENLISTED OFFICER ON BOARD THE USS TENNESSEE DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER THROUGHOUT THE WAR. EARNED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.