Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mystic, Connecticut
Honored By
The Wilson 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 OPERATING BASE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; ABOARD USS FITCH DD-462, USS LST 30 USS FORREST DD-461; NAVAL TRAINING STATION RICHMOND, VIRGINIA; TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA AND NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT NAVY #926 GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.