Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN, AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL, AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.