Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Bill Louis Cramer
Relationship
Son
GRADUATED THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. SERVED FROM AUGUST 31, 1940. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER ON THE USS HORNET CV-8, DOOLITTLE'S HORNET FROM THE TIME IT WAS COMMISSIONED UNTIL IT WAS SUNK 1942 AT THE BATTLE OF SOLOMON ISLANDS. HE WENT TO SAIPAN AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS. AWARDED A CITATION FROM ADMIRAL BULL HALSEY.