Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Clay City, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON JANUARY 31, 1945. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. SERVED ABOARD, IN TURN, THE GLEAVES-CLASS DESTROYER USS WOOLSEY DD-437 AND THE FLETCHER-CLASS DESTROYER USS SAUFLEY DD-465. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIREMAN FIRST CLASS ON JULY 6, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, NAVAL AIR STATION, CHARLESTOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.