Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Moline, Illinois
Honored By
Rowena Pope
Relationship
Wife
ENTERED U.S. NAVY MAY 28, 1943. TOOK BOOT CAMP AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION. SERVED ABOARD THE LIGHT CRUISER USS BIRMINGHAM IN FIVE PACIFIC AREA OPERATIONS AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION. HE WAS DISCHARGED APRIL 22, 1946 WITH THE RANK OF SHIP'S COOK 2ND CLASS.