Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Charleston, Missouri
Honored By
Susan & Roger Fink
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED FROM DECEMBER 1942 TO NOVEMBER 1945. BASIC TRAINING, CAMP PEARY, VIRGINIA. ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT CAMP ENDICOTT, RHODE ISLAND. SERVED WITH COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, 78TH SEABEE BATTALION, IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS OF NEW CALEDONIA, NEW GUINEA, LOS NEGROS, PONAM ISLAND, AND MANUS. WAS ON OKINAWA AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. RECEIVED AMERICAN AREA CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH THREE BRONZE STARS, AND UNIT CITATION RIBBON.