Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fairbury, Nebraska
Honored By
Robert G. Sparling
Relationship
Shipmate
SERVED SEPTEMBER 1942 TO NOVEMBER 1945. SERVED ON BOARD USS SUAMICO AO-49 APRIL 22, 1943 TO OCTOBER 1, 1945, PARTICIPATING IN TASK FORCES FROM TARAWA TO OKINAWA. EARNED 8 BATTLE STARS. PROGRESSED FROM APPRENTICE SEAMAN TO SHIP'S COOK 1ST CLASS. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN MEDAL.