Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Des Moines, Iowa
Honored By
Howard B. Overton
Relationship
Son
Voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 24 April 1944. Military Service number 860-53-63. Discharged from active duty 5 January 1946. Served aboard the USS Norton Sound, a seaplane tender. Fought in the battle for Okinawa. Survived and returned home.