Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sailor Springs, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON APRIL 24, 1944 AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS AND RADAR OPERATOR SCHOOL AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, POINT LOMA, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED ABOARD THE TRANSPORT SHIP USS GENERAL W. C. LANGFITT AP-151. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A RADARMAN THIRD CLASS ON DECEMBER 2, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.