Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orleans, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
ENLISTED ON 20 DECEMBER 1943 SERVED UNTIL 4 NOVEMBER 1945. ASSIGNED TO THE USS LCS [L] [3] 55 'LANDING CRAFT SUPPORT SHIP'. IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN WITH FLOTILLA THREE, GROUP SEVEN, ASSAULT OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. EARNED TWO BATTLE STARS. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.