Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orleans, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
Enlisted on 26 April 1944 at Abingdon, Virginia. Reported aboard the USS John D. Ford DD-228 (reclassified auxiliary AG-119), A Clemson Class Destroyer, on 17 July 1944 and served until 4 September 1945. Convoy duty Eastern Seaport Recife, Reykjavik and Casablanca.