Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Honored By
Susanne Eilts & Jolene Edmonds
Relationship
Daughters
SERVED ON THE FIRST FLOATING DRY DOCK, USS ABSD-1. MOTOR MACHINIST'S MATE, 3RD CLASS; 1942-1946. THE USS ABSD-1 WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, THEN THE PHILIPPINE THEATER. HE WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, AND NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.