Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON JUNE 12, 1944 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS AND FURTHER TRAINING AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CAMP SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED IN TURN TO COMMANDER SERVICE 7TH FLEET (NAVY 722, FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA) AND THE GASOLINE TANKER USS ELKHORN AOG-7. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON JANUARY 9, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.