Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Honored By
Self
SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS FRANKS DD-554, A PART OF TASK FORCE 58, INTERCEPTING KAMIKAZE ATTACKS IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA. THE FRANKS WAS THE ELEVENTH SHIP BEHIND THE USS MISSOURI TO STEAM INTO TOKYO BAY FOR THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE TREATY ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945.