Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Clay City, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON DECEMBER 10, 1945. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED ABOARD, IN TURN, THE USS ABERCROMBIE DE-343, AND USS RICHARD W. SUESENS DE-342. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON AUGUST 16, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.