Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Littleton, North Carolina
Honored By
Florence Walker
Relationship
Wife
Served in the Navy from 15th of March 1944 to the 6th of May 1946. He was assigned to the battleship USS Wilkes-Barre in the Asiatic-Pacific area. Received four ribbons there and one in the Philippines. Was present in the Tokyo area on the 2nd of September 1945 during the signing by the Japanese of surrender terms of the Allied nations.