Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
SERVED AUGUST 1944 TO DECEMBER 1944. MADE 3 VOYAGES IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A JUNIOR ASSISTANT PURSER, PHARMACIST ABOARD THE SS CASTLE PINCKNEY, A T2-SE-A1 CLASS TANKER. RECEIVED THE MERCHANT MARINE COMBAT BAR WITH STARS. BY CONGRESSIONAL ACTION IN 1988, GRANTED VETERAN STATUS AND AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE COAST GUARD AS A SEAMAN EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 15, 1945.