Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN ENLISTEE ON OCTOBER 20, 1942 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. ASSIGNED, IN TURN, TO NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; 38TH NAVAL OPERATING BASE; AND 50TH NAVAL OPERATING BASE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CARPENTER’S MATE SECOND CLASS ON DECEMBER 24, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.