Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Xenia, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 19 JUNE 1944 IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. MEMORIALIZED AT HONOLULU MEMORIAL, HONOLULU, HAWAII. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL AT FLORA, ILLINOIS.