Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Neodesha, Kansas
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON AUGUST 9, 1946. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED AT, IN TURN, NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA; NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; NAVAL DAMAGE CONTROL TRAINING CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA; AND NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS AN AVIATION MACHINIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS ON APRIL 20, 1950 AT THE SEPARATION ACTIVITY, SAME STATION. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL FOR SERVICE DURING THE PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.