Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Neodesha, Kansas
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON APRIL 23, 1945. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED AT NAVY BASE 3245 (SAIPAN ISLAND, MARIANAS ISLANDS). HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A MOTOR MACHINIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS ON JUNE 25, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.