Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Paoli, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
Enlisted on 1 February 1946. 1 July 1946 assigned to the USS Leonard F. Mason DD-852, a Gearing class destroyer assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. 14 December 1946 assigned to the USS Juneau CL-119, a cruiser lead ship of the class. Operated off the Atlantic seaboard and the Caribbean. Rating of Seaman Second Class.