Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New Market, Virginia
Honored By
PLD
COMMISSIONED ENSIGN ON APRIL 13, 1944. SERVED AS A LINE OFFICER ABOARD THE USS STARR, PARTICIPATING IN THE INVASIONS OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE AND HELD THAT RANK WHEN HE WAS ORDERED TO INACTIVE DUTY ON JULY 4, 1946.