Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 27 JULY 1944. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL SIGNALS, BUTLER UNIVERSITY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA AND NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL; ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS, NOROTON HEIGHTS, CONNECTICUT. ASSIGNED TO NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCE PERSONNEL DEPOT AND LATER SERVED AT RADIO STATION, WAHIAWA, OAHU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A RADIOMAN 3RD CLASS ON 10 AUGUST 1946 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.