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- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Rank
- Boatswain's Mate First Class
- Unit
- Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois; USS Biscayne; USS Terror; Port Director, Naval Training Station, 13 ND, Seattle, Washington; USS LSM 462; USS LSM 221
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 12/15/1941 – 03/24/1947
- Date of Birth
- 03/11/1924
- Date of Death
- 07/12/1979
- Hometown
- Paris, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Good Conduct Medal; American Theater Ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two campaign stars; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one campaign star;, World War II Victory Medal
- Burial Location
- Washington State
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section C
- Township (entering service)
- Paris
- Township (current / at death)
- Vaughn, Washington
- School
- Marysville High School
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
School: Marysville High School. Naval Separation papers list DOB as 03/11/1924, Franklin County, Ohio; veteran data submitted by sister, Helen Endres, lists DOB as 03/11/1922; enlisted 12/15/1941, Cincinnati, Ohio; honorable discharge, 03/24/1947; veteran data submitted also lists service in Korea, but dates of service not verified as of 01/04/2008
Source: Noice of Separation from U. S. Naval Service, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 6, p. 455 | Ancestry - Find A Grave & Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File