Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Icard, North Carolina
Honored By
Thomas Pugh
ENLISTED JUNE, 1941. TWO YEARS ABOARD USS RANGER CV-4. DEPLOYED IN THE AMERICAN, AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATER. IN DECEMBER, 1943 RECEIVED ORDERS TO NAVY FLIGHT TRAINING. AFTER DESIGNATION AS NAVAL AVIATOR. RETIRED JUNE, 1967.