Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Texas
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON OCTOBER 11, 1944 AT DALLAS, TEXAS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED ABOARD, IN TURN, THE ESSEX CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SARATOGA CV-3, AND THE LANDING SHIP TANK USS LST-1088. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS ON APRIL 19, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, NAVAL AIR STATION, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.