Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Honored By
Lloyd Morris Patterson
NAVAL TRAINING STATION PURDUE UNIVERSITY; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; U.S. NAVAL RESERVE MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING STATION ALGIERS, LOUISIANA. SERVED AS THE FIRST LIEUTENANT AND LATER AS SENIOR WATCH OFFICER ON THE USS LST 568. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF LEYTE, LUZON AND OKINAWA.