Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Paoli, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
Enlisted on 14 March 1944 at Indianapolis, Indiana. Assigned to the USS LST-623, a Tank Landing Ship in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Leyte Operation October and November, 1944, Luzon Operation January, 1945, Consolidation and Capture of the Southern Philippine Islands March, 1945. Transferred on 6 October 1945 to Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois for Discharge. Rating of Seaman Second class.