Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mount Vernon, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON APRIL 4, 1944 AT CHICAGO ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. SERVED AT NAVAL OPERATING BASE, DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA TERRITORY. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A COXSWAIN ON DECEMBER 26, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.