Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Delafield, Wisconsin
Honored By
Allan Nagle
Relationship
Son
HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS RATHBURNE APD-25, AN AMPHIBIOUS SHIP THAT CARRIED UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM MEN. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF ANGAUR ISLAND,ULITHI ISLANDS, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, IWO JIMA, OKINAWA. RECONNAISSANCE AND ASSAULT OPERATIONS AT SAN NARCISO, ZAMBALES, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. ON PATROL OFF HAGUSHI HIS SHIP WAS PUT OUT OF COMMISSION BY A KAMIKAZE ON APRIL 17, 1945.