Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Honored By
A Grateful Nation
SECOND LIEUTENANT, FIGHTER PILOT, MARINE VMF-211. POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS AND PURPLE HEART FOR AERIAL COMBAT OVER WAKE ATOLL, DECEMBER 8-22, 1941. MEMORIALIZED ON THE TABLETS OF THE MISSING, NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC, HONOLULU, HAWAII.