Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dixon, Mississippi
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN ABOARD THE USS MOUNT OLYMPUS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLES OF LEYTE GULF AND LINGAYEN GULF AND WAS ANCHORED NEXT TO THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED TO THE UNITED STATES. HE DIED 2 JULY 2004.