Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orleans, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
ENTERED SERVICE ON 28 FEBRUARY 1942 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED ABOARD THE USS RIXEY APH-3 'THE LUCKY SHIP', A CASUALTY EVACUATION TRANSPORT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW GEORGIA GROUP OPERATION, MARIANA ISLANDS OPERATION AND LEYTE OPERATIONS, DISCHARGED DECEMBER 1945 WITH RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.