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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war World War II; Korean War — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H Awards & decorations American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 campaign stars; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 campaign stars; WWII Vicotry Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal;, Korean Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Naval Reserve Medal; United Nations Korean Service Medal; Republique Francaise Service Medal Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes Overseas service: Casablanca to Salarano to Anzio, Italy; Southern France; Korea. Church: Springdale Baptist Church, New Dover, Oh. School: Leesburg-Magnetic High School. Serial #8510143 and #529967; drafted from college into Army; entered active service 06/28/1943; later volunteered for duty in Navy; honorably discharged from Naval Service 05/04/1946; remained on Reserve duty until 1951; served in Korea from 1951-1953; returned to Reserve duty until 1967; served as a minesweeper from Okinawa to China Sea during WW II; one of seven from original 17 in unit to return home; participated in the Invasion of Southern France; service stations during WWII also included U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois and Naval Training Station, Bainbridge, Maryland; retired with rank of Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N.R. Source of this information Veteran data form submitted by John William Scott; Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 5, p. 538