Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Arcola, Illinois
Honored By
Douglas Walley
Relationship
Son
SERVED ON ATTACK PERSONNEL DESTROYER DURING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF VILLAGES ALONG THE COAST OF JAPAN. FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, AS PART OF CONVOY DUTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AFRICA. TAUGHT GUNNERY SCHOOL IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.