Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Potomac, Illinois
Honored By
Arden Crawford
Relationship
Brother
CHARLES ENLISTED ON AUG. 17, 1943. HE SERVED ON THE USS ABNER READ WHICH WAS SUNK BY THE JAPANESE. HE SURVIVED. ALSON WAS IN MANY DIFFERENT BASES IN THE U.S, HE RECEIVED AN ASIATIC PACIFIC RIBBON WITH BATTLE STAR. HE WAS DISCHARGED ON AUG. 3, 1945.