Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Moline, Illinois
ORDNANCE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO NICHOLS FIELD, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WWII. CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE ON CORREGIDOR MAY 7, 1942. KILLED IN ACTION AFTER SURVIVING OVER 2 YEARS IN DAVAO AND OTHER JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS WHEN THE HELL SHIP SHINYO MARU WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A U.S. SUBMARINE ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1944.