Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Clay City, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON JANUARY 12, 1944. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED, IN TURN, WITH TORPEDO SQUADRON 28 AND CARRIER SERVICE UNIT 6 IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A AVIATION RADIOMAN THIRD CLASS ON JUNE 2, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, CAMP SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.