Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Omak, Washington
Honored By
Terry MacDonald
SERVED ABOARD THE USS INDIANAPOLIS. SAW ACTION AT THE GILBERT, MARSHALL, MARIANA, PELELIU AND IWO JIMA. IN JULY 1945 DELIVERED URANIUM 235 FOR THE ATOMIC BOMBS TO TINIAN. SHIP WAS SUNK ON JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS ONE OF 316 MEN OUT OF A CREW OF 1,196 TO SURVIVE.