Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Toledo, Ohio
Honored By
The Ames Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; ARMED GUARD CENTER GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI; ARMED GUARD CENTER NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA; ABOARD SS JUNIUS SMITH; SS TYSON LYKES; USS LST-904 AND ARMED GUARD SCHOOL GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.