Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Iron River, Michigan
PHARMACIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS. SERVED AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION FARRAGUT, IDAHO AND ABOARD USS MIDWAY (RENAMED USS ST. LO) WHICH WAS HIT AND SUNK ON OCTOBER 25, 1943 DURING BATTLE OF SAMAR. EARNED THE AMERICAN AREA RIBBON, WWII VICTORY RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON WITH THREE STARS AND THE PURPLE HEART.