Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
Honored By
Gene Walsh
Relationship
Brother-in-law
SERVED FROM JANUARY 1941 TO NOVEMBER 1945 AS A NAVAL AVIATOR. FLEW PBY IN SOUTH PACIFIC IN COMBAT, THEN BECAME FLIGHT DECK LANDING OFFICER ON CARRIER, USS WAKE ISLAND AT OKINAWA. SHIP HIT BY KAMIKAZE, BUT NOT SUNK.