Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Jacksonville, Florida
Honored By
Austin D. Guire
ABOARD THE USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38, FLAGSHIP OF THE PACIFIC FLEET UNDER ADMIRAL KIMBALL, IN APRIL 1940. SEPTEMBER 1942, PANAMA, NICARAGUA (WHERE 2 MADE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, MAY 1944). DUTY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN ABOARD THE USS SALEM CA-139, FLAGSHIP OF THE 6TH FLEET UNDER ADMIRAL 'CAT' BROWN, FROM 1956 TO 1958. U.S. NAVAL MISSION IN CARACAS AND VENEZUELA FROM 1958 TO 1961. RETIRED FROM THE NAVAL AIR STATION AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA IN APRIL 1963.