Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flora, Illinois
Honored By
Kenneth R. Pearce, Sr.
Relationship
Brother-in-law
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MARCH 3, 1945 AND RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING AS A SEABEE AT NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER DAVISVILLE, RHODE ISLAND. SERVED WITH THE 23RD US NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, BASED ON GUAM. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SHIPFITTER 3RD CLASS ON APRIL 3, 1946 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.