Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Clay City, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MAY 15, 1945 AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, AND SERVED ABOARD THE CASABLANCA-CLASS ESCORT CARRIER USS ATTU CE-102, AND THE HASKELL-CLASS ATTACK TRANSPORT USS BROOKINGS APA-140. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS ON JULY 20, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. EARNED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.