Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MAY 29, 1946 AT BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED ABOARD THE GEARING CLASS DESTROYER USS RICHARD E. KRAUS (DD-849). HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A MACHINIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS ON MARCH 29, 1946 AT NAVAL BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICE DURING THE PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.