Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Middletown, Ohio
Honored By
Robert K. Cravens
Served from 1940-1946. Destroyer duty in South Pacific -- Iwo Jima landing, Okinawa invasion, Occupation of Japan, 1945. Also, served in the Atlantic area on destroyers from 1940-1944. Was on USS Hamilton DD-141, USS Denebola, USS Eberle, USS Irwin, USS Putnam.