Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pekin, Illinois
Honored By
Donald E. Ellinghausen
Relationship
Self
ENLISTED JANUARY 29, 1946. BOOT CAMP AND LATER STORE KEEPER SCHOOL AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, ILLINOIS. SERVED ABOARD USS ROBERT I. PAINE (DE-578) UNTIL IT WAS DECOMMISSIONED. ASSIGNED BRIEFLY TO SUB GROUP 2, COMMANDER, ATLANTIC RESERVE FLEET. DISCHARGED AT CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA; NOVEMBER 26, 1947.