Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Paoli, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
ENLISTED ON 3 JANUARY 1944 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SERVED ABOARD USS LSM 315 (LANDING SHIP MEDIUM) IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS: LUZON OPERATION JANUARY 1945, CONSOLIDATION AND OCCUPATION OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MAY 1945. AWARDS: COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH TWO BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE CAMPAIGN STAR. DISCHARGED 1946. RATING: BOATSWAIN'S MATE SECOND CLASS.