Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Robert M. Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MAY 28, 1945 AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. RECEIVED SEABEE TRAINING AT NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER, DAVISVILLE, RHODE ISLAND. ASSIGNED AND SERVED AT, IN TURN, CONSTRUCTION BATTALION REPLACEMENT DEPOT, CAMP PARKS, CALIFORNIA; AND NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER GUAM-SAIPAN, GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON AUGUST 19, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.