Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Monticello, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1943. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED ABOARD THE CASABLANCA CLASS, ESCORT CARRIER USS HOGGATT BAY CVE-75. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIREMAN FIRST CLASS ON MARCH 25, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 2 STARS.