Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Richland County, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MAY 11, 1939. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED ABOARD OR AT THE LAPWING/BIRD CLASS MINESWEEPER USS GREBE AM-43; ESCAMBIA CLASS FLEET OILER USS PASIG AO-89; SMALL CRAFT TRAINING CENTER, TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA; AND THE RAVEN/AUK CLASS MINE CRAFT USS CHAMPION AM-314. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A GUNNER’S MATE FIRST CLASS IN FEBRUARY 1946 AT U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. EARNED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.