Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orleans, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
ENTERED INTO SERVICE ON DECEMBER 11, 1943 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. DISCHARGED MAY, 1946. SERVED ON THE USS LST-672 ASSIGNED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND OKINAWA, JAPAN. EARNED TWO BATTLE STARS FOR THESE OPERATIONS. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.