Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
SOUNDMAN 3RD CLASS, KILLED IN ACTION ON AUGUST 10, 1945 IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. MEMORIALIZED AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY, FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, PHILIPPINES. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL AT FLORA ILLINOIS.