Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Springfield, Illinois
Honored By
Edwin G. Anderson, Sr.
Relationship
Shipmate
JOINED THE NAVY ON JUNE 23, 1943 AND RECEIVED BOOT TRAINING AT THE GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER. THEN SENT TO THE NAVAL CENTER IN CLINTON, OKLAHOMA. THEN ASSIGNED TO THE USS PCS 1450. LATER ASSIGNED TO THE USS MULIPHEN AKA-61, THE USS CORAL SEA CVE-58 AND THE USS NECHES AO-47. DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1946.