Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lizemore, West Virginia
Honored By
Linda M. King
Relationship
Daughter
SHIP'S COOK 2ND CLASS. SERVED AT THE NAVAL TRAINING STATION (NTS) IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; ON THE USS TARAZED, THE USS REUBEN JAMES, USS WARRICK AND THE USS LSM 239 DURING THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON WITH 2 STARS, THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.