Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fredonia, Kansas
Honored By
Margery Nelson Mordy, Jean, Becky, James Nelson
Relationship
Wife and Children
His college studies at the University of Kansas were interrupted by his military service. He enlisted in the United States Navy March of 1945 and was discharged in July 1946. He attended boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Station. He took electronics training in Edmonds, Oklahoma and Corpus Christi, Texas.