Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sutton, Nebraska
Honored By
Noelie Ackermann Sherdon
Relationship
Daughter
ENTERED DECEMBER 3, 1943. TRAINED AT FARRAGUT, IDAHO; SEATTLE, WASHINGTON; SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; EMBARKED DECEMBER 3, 1944; SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER WITH ENGAGEMENTS IN IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. RECEIVED AMERICAN AREA RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON, 2 STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON. PHARMACIST 3RD CLASS. RETURNED TO U.S. JANUARY 22, 1946; DISCHARGED, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, FEBRUARY 2, 1946. SERVED 26 MONTHS.