Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Winterville, North Carolina
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He joined the U.S. Navy on August 17, 1944 and received basic training at Bainbridge, Maryland. He was assigned as a hospital corpsman at the Sampson Naval Training Station on Lake Seneca in New York. One year later he was selected for NROTC and was given a choice of colleges he could attend. He chose Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He was discharged on June 6, 1946.