Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Unionville, Missouri
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE SEAPLANE TENDER USS PINE ISLAND (AV-12). HIS SHIP TENDED SEAPLANES DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF THE WAR, AND THEN IN TOKYO BAY, JAPAN AND IN THE WHANGPOO RIVER NEAR SHANGHAI, CHINA AFTER THE WAR. DEPARTED THE PACIFIC IN 1946. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.