Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Benton, Arkansas
Honored By
Arnold A. Wright
Relationship
Friend
ENLISTED INTO THE NAVY ON MARCH 10, 1938 AND ASSIGNED TO THE USS SELL RIDGE, DESTROYER. SHIP ARRIVED IN PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 6, 1941 FOR REFUELING AND NEXT MORNING WHILE RETURNING TO SHIP, JAPANESE ATTACKED.