Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Du Quoin, Illinois
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED WITH NAVAL AVIATION. IN 1945, COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AND SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.