Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN DRAFTEE ON APRIL 15, 1945 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL BASE 3002 (SUBIC BAY, LUZON, PHILIPPINES). EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS ON MARCH 18, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONAL SEPARATION CENTER, UNIT 3, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.