Hometown
Stockton, California
Honored By
Charles Clerc
U.S. MERCHANT MARINE NAVAL RESERVE. ACTIVE DUTY AS A U.S. MERCHANT MARINE CADET - MIDSHIPMAN AND LATER ACTING THIRD MATE. SERVED AT INVASION OF OKINAWA ON AN AMMUNITION SHIP IN SPRING 1945, WITHSTOOD REPEATED KAMIKAZE ATTACKS. AWARDED COMBAT BAR.