Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1942 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AND TRAINED AS A RADIOMAN. ASSIGNED TO OR SERVED WITH, IN TURN, AUXILIARY AIR STATION, CORRY FIELD, NAVAL AIR STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA; NAVAL AIR GUNNERS SCHOOL, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA; NAVAL AIR STATION, BANANA RIVER, FLORIDA; PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON 100, PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON 28, AND (NAVY PATROL SQUADRON) VP 98, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS AN AVIATION RADIOMAN FIRST CLASS ON NOVEMBER 28, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.