Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Groton, Connecticut
Honored By
The Baxter Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NAVAL OPERATING BASE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; USS HERNDON DD-638, NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA; NAVAL RECEIVING STATION ORANGE, TEXAS; USS WILLIAM D. PORTER DD-579, NAVAL HOSPITAL PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, USS MARKAB AD-21 AND NAVAL RECEIVING STATION PIER 92 NEW YORK, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.