Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mauldin, South Carolina
Honored By
Tony Westmoreland
Relationship
Grandson
SERVED ON 5 U.S. NAVY VESSELS. SERVED IN BOTH ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS. CHIEF PHARMACIST'S MATE WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR SERVING WITH DESTROYER SQUADRON 23 FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION AGAINST ENEMY JAPANESE FORCES DURING THE SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN FROM NOVEMBER 1943 TO 23 FEBRUARY 1944.