Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Havelock, North Carolina
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED WITH THE MARINE DETACHMENT ABOARD THE USS WASP CV-18 WHEN JAPANESE AIRCRAFT BOMBED THE SHIP AND MORE THAN 500 OF HER CREW WERE LOST. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF GUNNERY SERGEANT.