Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Honored By
Howard & Barbara Mundt
Relationship
Brother-in-law & Sister-in-law
DRAFTED IN NOVEMBER 1942. ENTERED THE US NAVY AT GREAT LAKES. IN DECEMBER 1943 ASSIGNED TO THE CRUISER USS NEW ORLEANS AT PEARL HARBOR. SERVED THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR GETTING DISCHARGED IN APRIL 1946. AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION BADGE, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, THE CHINA SERVICE MEDAL AND THE NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL, AND HAD 13 BATTLE STARS.