Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Macon, North Carolina
Honored By
Robert P. Duncan
Relationship
Son
SERVED ON THE USS LYMAN K. SWENSON DD-729. RESPONSIBILITIES WERE LOADING POWDER CASES FOR THE 9 INCH GUNS ON THE DESTROYER. SERVED FROM DECEMBER 7, 1943 TO MAY 1946. WAS IN THE PACIFIC 7TH FLEET AND WAS ON THE USS LYMAN K. SWENSON WHEN THEY BOMBED TOKYO BAY APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE WAR ENDED.