Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kearney, Nebraska
Honored By
Ray W. Butler
Relationship
Comrade in Arms
SERVED AS AN ARMED GUARD ABOARD THE USS MANSFIELD DD-728, USS WHEELING IX-28 AND THE USS HELENA. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATRE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.