ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 6 OCTOBER 1943 AT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. RECRUIT TRAINING SECOND RECRUIT BATTALION RECRUIT DEPOT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS 23 SQUADRON, 3 MARINE AIR WING
AT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION EWA, HAWAII. JULY 1944 ASSIGNED TO SERVICE AND
SUPPLY COMPANY, 6TH SERVICE BATTALION, 6TH MARINE DIVISION IN THE
ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A QUARTERMAN SUPPLY. APRIL 1945 ARRIVED
AT OKINAWA SHIMA ABOARD THE USS MENIFEE AP-202 AND DISEMBARKED AGAINST THE ENEMY
FORCES OF JAPAN. RANK PRIVATE FIRST CLASS.