Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Shelton, Washington
Honored By
D. Branigan
Relationship
Historian
ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN MAY 1942 AND BECAME AN AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE FIRST CLASS DURING WORLD WAR II. FOR SERVICE IN AIRSHIP SQUADRONS 14 AND 15. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN AREA AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA CAMPAIGN, GOOD CONDUCT AND WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDALS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.