Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kinston, North Carolina
Honored By
Frederick L. Edwards
Attached to the USS Eberle DD-430, convoy and escort duty in the Atlantic July 1941 to July 1943; USS Gatling DD-671, Task Forces 58 and 38 in Pacific Fleet July 1943 to 1946. Awarded Navy Cross for boarding German Blockade Runner 'Karin' March 1943. Served from 1941 to 1965.