Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honored By
Joan O. Novak, David Jr., Cathy & Christy
Relationship
Wife, Son & Daughters
ENLISTED U.S. MARINE CORPS AT AGE 17 AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT AGE 20. RIFLEMAN, SCOUT AND SNIPER IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, MARCH 1944 TO OCTOBER 1945, INCLUDING OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE AT PELELIU ISLAND, PALAU ISLANDS AND OKINAWA SHIMA, RYUKYU RETTO.