Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lincoln, Illinois
Honored By
Thomas E. Dumser
Served with VGS/VC-26 as Radioman/Gunner on SBD (Dive-Bombers) and TBF (Torpedo Bombers) aircraft at North Africa, November 1942; Guadalcanal and other Solomon Islands, February to August 1943; and with VT-26 at Hollandia, Aitape, Halmahera, Morotai Island and Leyte Gulf actions in the Philippine Islands, March to October 1944.