Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Neosho, Missouri
Honored By
Robert MedleyGatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1943. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. ASSIGNED TO OR SERVED ABOARD, IN TURN, RECEIVING STATION, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON; TENNESSEE CLASS BATTLESHIP USS CALIFORNIA BB-44; NAVAL HOSPITAL, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. HONORABLY DISCHARGE ON MEDICAL GROUNDS AS A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 AT NAVAL HOSPITAL, SEATTLE. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL FOR SERVICE DURING THE PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.