Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Lexington, Kentucky
Honored By
Walton R. Haddix
MANNED AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ON THE HEAVY CRUISER USS FALL RIVER IN THE PACIFIC. ON DECK IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AS THE SHIP STOOD BY FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TESTS AT BIKINI ATOLL IN THE SUMMER OF 1946.