Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Rudolph T. Mueller
ACTIVE SERVICE FROM NOVEMBER OF 1943 TO MARCH OF 1946. SERVED OVERSEAS FROM JULY OF 1944 TO MARCH OF 1946. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY F, 2ND BATTALION, 26TH MARINES, 5TH MARINE DIVISION; HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, 5TH MARINE DIVISION, JAPAN, SPECIAL SERVICES; 3RD PROVISIONAL MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, JAPAN; 2ND MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 2ND MARINE DIVISION, JAPAN; COMPANY G, 3RD BATTALION, 6TH MARINES, 2ND MARINE DIVISION, JAPAN. WOUNDED ON IWO JIMA ON MARCH 14, 1945.