Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sistersville, West Virginia
Honored By
U.S. Senator John McCain
ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1943. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON LST 19, STANDARD LANDING CRAFT UNIT 28, NAVY, USS LC (FF) 786. AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 1BRONZE STAR, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED MAY 30, 1946.