Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON OCTOBER 29, 1943 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. ASSIGNED, IN TURN, TO NAVAL CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, SUN VALLEY, KETCHUM, IDAHO; NAVAL ADVANCE BASE PERSONNEL DEPOT, SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA; AND NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, PEARL HARBOR, OAHU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. SERVED ABOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP USS CONSOLATION AH-15 AS A PHARMACIST’S MATE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PHARMACIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS ON DECEMBER 28, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.