Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Indianapolis, Indiana
Honored By
Charles L. Fout II
Relationship
Son
ENLISTED IN 1942, TRAINED AS A CORPSMAN AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS COMPANY 1126 SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1942 and SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 1ST CORPS MEDICAL BATTALION DECEMBER 1942. FEBRUARY 1943 SENT TO NEW CALEDONIA, MARCH 1943 1ST MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS. GUADALCANAL SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1943, VELLA LAVELLA OCTOBER 1943-MARCH 1944, GUADALCANAL MARCH-DECEMBER 1944, III AMPHIBIOUS CORPS, TREASURE ISLAND DECEMBER 1944-JANUARY 1945, U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL ASTORIA,OREGON FEBRUARY-DECEMBER 1945 HONORABLY DISCHARGED.