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Keith, not sure why you can't get to the obit. Here is a paragraph from it about his service:

"Doc, from Marietta, Ga., graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939. In 1941 he married his high school sweetheart Dal and earned his wings as a naval aviator. In 1942 he and his squadron mates in Torpedo Squadron Ten embarked aboard USS Enterprise, from which they fought in the crucial, early carrier battles of the pacific theater. Doc and his two crewmen were shot down in the Battle of Santa Cruz, but were picked up and back in Torpedo Ten within days to continue the fight. They also flew from Henderson Field on the island of Guadalcanal, supporting the Marines in that first American island victory in the darkest days of the war. After World War II, Doc served at sea and ashore, in ships and units in San Diego and elsewhere. He commanded the Naval Magazine Guam, the destroyer USS Gurke, the amphibious ship USS Epping Forest, the Nuclear Weapons Training Center Pacific at NAS North Island, and the fleet oiler USS Mattaponi."

I have seen other references, for example in 1950 he was assigned to the naval air ordnance testing station Chincoteague (Wallops Island).