Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Memphis, Tennessee
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; ABOARD USS R-7 (SS-84), USS R-9 (SS-86), NAVAL TORPEDO STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; AND USS TINOSA SS-283. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH FLEET CLASP AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.