Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Eudora, Kansas
Honored By
Family
HE WENT TO BOOT CAMP AT GREAT LAKES ON OCTOBER 21, 1942. HE SERVED ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP THE USS WYOMING AG-17, THEN ABOARD A DESTROYER ESCORT, THE USS CHARLES LAWRENCE DE-53. HE THEN RECEIVED AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING AT LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA AND THEN SERVED ON THE LSM 243. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 19, 1946 AT U.S. NAVAL RECEIVING STATION SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.