Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cherry Grove, West Virginia
Honored By
Joe, Ted & Ray
Relationship
Sons
GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS, JULY 1943 TO MARCH 1946. SERVED IN THE U.S. SUBMARINE SERVICE ON THE USS PUFFER SS-268 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. PATROLLED FROM JAPAN THROUGH PHILIPPINES TO INDONESIA, IWO JIMA, OKINAWA, CHINA SEA, SOUTH CHINA SEA, FORMOSA, JAVA SEA, INDIAN OCEAN. ALSO LIFE GUARD DUTY. OPERATED FROM FREEMANTLE, WEST AUSTRALIA, GUAM, MIDWAY, SAIPAN. ALSO SERVED IN RELIEF CREWS AND USS MORAY SS-300.