Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Little Rock, Arkansas
Honored By
Mary M. Travis
SERVED AS A U.S. NAVY MEDICAL DOCTOR. AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS FOR HEROISM IN RESCUING SURVIVORS FROM THE CRUISER USS MARBLEHEAD IN JAVA. ENSURED THE INJURED AND NON-AMBULATORY SAILORS WERE SAFELY TRANSPORTED FROM JAVA TO AUSTRALIA BY A DUTCH SHIP IN EARLY 1942.