Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
SERVED AS A FIRE CONTROLMAN 3RD CLASS. KILLED IN ACTION ON APRIL 16, 1945. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH HONORS AT HONOLULU MEMORIAL, HAWAII. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.