Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Iola, Wisconsin
Honored By
MSgt Russell Rulau
Relationship
Comrade
ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY ON JUNE 6, 1944 AND DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1947. SERVED ABOARD DE 438, USS CORBESIER DE-438. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 2 BATTLE STARS (FOR OKINAWA CAMPAIGN AND SINKING A JAPANESE SUBMARINE). DURING OKINAWA CAMPAIGN, HIS SHIP WAS ATTACKED BY A KAMIKAZE.