Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bonifay, Florida
Honored By
Ralph Odell Ward
Relationship
Cousin
ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY JULY 30, 1941, SERVED ABOARD THE USS LONG ISLAND AND SEVERAL OTHER AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED, JULY 31, 1947.