Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mt. Carmel, Illinois
Honored By
Barbara Dardeen
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NAVAL TRAINING STATION GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT HAWTHORNE, NEVADA, TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER CAMP SHOEMAKER PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA, ABOARD USS DENVER CL-58, USS COLUMBIA CL-56 AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 9 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.