Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ashland, Nebraska
Honored By
Ray W. Butler
Relationship
Comrade-in-Arms
SEAMAN 1ST CLASS; SERVED HONORABLY ABOARD THE USS BRAZOS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA AND IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE MEDAL WITH ONE BATTLE STAR, AMERICAN THEATRE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.