Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Ashton, South Dakota
Honored By
C. P. Weiland
FLEW GRUMMAN WILDCATS AT GUADALCANAL. SHOT DOWN ONE JAPANESE ZERO ON DECEMBER 27, 1942. HE WAS COMMANDER OF CORSAIR SQUADRON ABOARD THE USS FRANKLIN WHEN IT WAS SEVERELY CRIPPLED ON MARCH 19, 1945.