Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lockhart, Alabama
Honored By
Henry Guitteau Hart
Relationship
Self
SERVED AS A PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS ON THE CROSLEY CLASS HIGH SPEED TRANSPORT USS WALTER X. YOUNG APD-131 DURING WWII. SUPPORTED U.S. NAVY UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAMS (UDT) IN MINE CLEARING AND BEACH RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS AT THE CONCLUSION OF HOSTILITIES IN SUPPORT AMERICAN OCCUPATION FORCES.