Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Honored By
Mrs. Mabel K. Mintz
Served on the USS Tourmaline PY-20 11 months before WWII began. Joined the Navy in January 1941 and was assigned to the USS Tourmaline PY-20 for 14 months after Pearl Harbor, transferred to the USS Bangust DE-739 Destroyer Escort and served in the Pacific Theatre of War. On patrol in the North Atlantic helping the British before the war began.