Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Michigan
Honored By
Fellow Veteran
CORPORAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVES. JOINED THE MARINE CORPS PARACHUTE TROOPS IN DECEMBER 1942; WENT OVERSEAS JUNE 1943. RETURNED TO THE U.S. FEBRUARY 1944 FOR TRAINING IN THE AUTOMATIC RIFLEMEN CORPS. RETURNED TO OVERSEAS SERVICE IN JUNE 1944. KILLED IN ACTION AT IWO JIMA ON MARCH 7, 1945.