Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sacramento, California
Honored By
Wife & Children
SHIPFITTER 2ND CLASS. SERVED ON THE USS HINSDALE APA-120, BEACH BATTALION D, IN INVASION OF IWO JIMA, LANDED THE 4TH MARINES, 2ND MARINES ON OKINAWA AMPHIBIOUS ACTION AND SURVIVED A SUICIDE KAMIKAZE HIT AT OKINAWA. CITATIONS: ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON (2 STARS) AMERICAN AREA CAMPAIGN RIBBON.