Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Clay City, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ACCEPTED A COMMISSION AS A LIEUTENANT, JUNIOR GRADE IN 1943 AT ANACOSTIA, VIRGINIA. TRAINED AS A GUNNERY OFFICER AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. SERVED AS SUCH IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE FOR MOST OF HIS TOUR OF DUTY. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE IN 1945 AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.