Son of Mrs. Cora Wortham. Enlisted in Navy September 1, 1941. Sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Station for training. Was "Honor Man ", Graduated October 18, 1941; Sent to Jacksonville. Florida, June 1942, August 1941 to California, Navy Aviation Ground Crew. Landed overseas November 1941 in South Pacific, Aviation Repair and Overhaul Unit, Arrived back in states June 1944; reported August 4, 1944 to US Naval Air Base, Jacksonville. Florida. Transferred August 9, 1945 to Flight School Academic Refresher Course at Murray, Kentucky. To Brooklyn, New York November 1945; to Pre-flight school, Ottumwa. Iowa in February 1946. Still in service. Corpus Christi, Texas as ACMM.