Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mount Carmel, Illinois
Honored By
The Gilman Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING STATION GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NAVY PIER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL AIR GUNNERS SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA; BOMBING SQUADRON SIX, USS YORKTOWN CV-10, RECEIVING STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER DAVISVILLE, RHODE ISLAND. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.