Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Louisville, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 26, 1941 AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, AND ATTENDED THE 20 WEEK DEEP SEA DIVING SERVICE SCHOOL. ASSIGNED TO NAVAL FACILITIES AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK; SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA; AND THE NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, D.C. SERVED ABOARD THE DESTROYER TENDER DENEBOLA AD-12 AND THE DESTROYER USS LA VALLETTE DD-448. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CHIEF CARPENTER’S MATE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.