Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
Honored By
Renville County Veterans Service office
ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY ON JANUARY 25, 1945 AND SERVED IN THE PACIFIC. HE WAS IN JAPAN HARBOR WHEN THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED. HE LATER HAD DUTY IN GUAM AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS. AWARDED WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL.