Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Honored By
Bob Lee
Relationship
Friend
SERVED FROM JUNE 1940 TO DECEMBER 1945. AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WHILE SERVING WITH SQUADRON 121, LST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, ON GUADALCANAL WHERE HE SHOT DOWN TWENTY-SIX (26) JAPANESE PLANES.