Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Wharton, Ohio
Honored By
Charles D. Yentzer
SERVED IN ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC 1942-1945. CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 14 TIMES; ON FIRST LIBERTY SHIP IN MURMANSK, RUSSIA. HE WAS IN NORMANDY ON D-DAY. SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN.