Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Brookfield, Missouri
Honored By
Bernice Moeder
Relationship
Wife
SERVED AS A MACHINE GUNNER WITH THE FOURTH MARINES. TAKEN PRISONER ON CORREGIDOR DURING MAY 6, 1942. SURRENDERED TO THE JAPANESE. SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN.