Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Crumpler, North Carolina
Honored By
Arch Handy & William Handy
Relationship
First Cousins
HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS ABOARD THE CRUISER USS SAVANNAH. HE SERVED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. HE TOOK BOOT TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES TRAINING CENTER IN GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS AND SIGNALMAN TRAINING AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND NAVAL BASE. SERVED AS A PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS.