Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Litchfield, Minnesota
Honored By
Lois M. White
Relationship
Sister
ENLISTED JULY 1942. BOOT TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION. SENT TO MARYLAND, THEN OVERSEAS IN LATE 1943. PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS BATTLES THROUGHOUT PACIFIC CAMPAIGN. KILLED IN ACTION AT IWO JIMA FEBRUARY 17, 1945.