HE ENLISTED AS A CARPENTER'S MATE 3RD CLASS ON APRIL 6, 1942 AT THHE TRAINED AS A SEABEE AT U.S. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER, NAVY OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED BY ENEMY ACTION ON APRIL 25, 1944 WHILE SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS.
HE EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH A MEDICAL DISABILITY CERTIFICATE AS A CARPENTER'S MATE 2ND CLASS ON MARCH 28, 1945 AT U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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HE ENLISTED AS A CARPENTER'S MATE 3RD CLASS ON APRIL 6, 1942 AT THHE TRAINED AS A SEABEE AT U.S. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER, NAVY OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED BY ENEMY ACTION ON APRIL 25, 1944 WHILE SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS.
HE EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH A MEDICAL DISABILITY CERTIFICATE AS A CARPENTER'S MATE 2ND CLASS ON MARCH 28, 1945 AT U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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